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Fireflies Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2024)
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3.7(13 parent reviews) ·Station House, 11a Barrett Street, SMETHWICK, B66 4SE · Sandwell
Number of places
100 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2024
Local authority
Sandwell

About this day nursery

Fireflies Nursery, established in January 2017 in Smethwick, offers a stimulating and safe environment for children aged 3 months to 5 years. The nursery focuses on child-led exploration and learning through play, with a strong emphasis on developing effective speech and language skills to foster communication.

They cater to each child's individual skills and interests using carefully chosen resources and planning to help them achieve their full potential. Fireflies Nursery is committed to working with the local community to instil essential values like respect, diversity, tolerance, and liberty.

The nursery also maintains strong partnerships with parents through open communication and utilises the EyLog system to keep them informed about their child's progress, capturing real-time moments through images, audio, and video.

Our ethos

Fireflies Nursery is committed to child-led exploration and learning through play, with a strong emphasis on developing speech and language skills. They aim to help children achieve their full potential by catering to individual skills and interests and instilling values such as respect, diversity, tolerance, and liberty through community work.

What it's like

Staff provide a warm welcome at this inviting nursery. Children happily separate from their carers and settle quickly into the routines of the day. Leaders develop a rich and varied curriculum that builds on what children already know and can do. Staff gather valuable information about children that helps them to understand their likes and interests. As a result, children show a positive attitude to learning and are keen to know more.

Child-led learningStrong emphasis on speech and language developmentCommunity-focused valuesParent partnership through EyLog

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured around half-day, full-day, and full-week sessions, with rates categorised by three age bands from three months to five years. Meals are charged as separate daily fees. All sessions operate within weekday opening hours from 8:00am to 18:00pm.

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
  • Half Day Fee (Explorers)£30 / day
  • Full Day Fee (Explorers)£45 / day
  • Full Week Fee (Explorers)£195 / week
  • Half Day Fee (Adventurers)£29 / day
  • Full Day Fee (Adventurers)£44 / day

Good to know

  • Half-day sessions run 8:00am to 13:00pm or 13:00pm to 18:00pm.
  • Full-day sessions run from 8:00am to 18:00pm.
  • Age bands are divided into Explorers (0-2 years), Adventurers (2-3 years), and Investigators (3-5 years).
  • Lunch and tea are subject to separate daily fees.

Key facts

Session types

Half Day: 8:00am - 13:00pm, Half Day: 13:00pm - 18:00pm, Full Day: 8:00am - 18:00pm

Opening hours

08:00 - 18:00, Monday to Friday

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2017

Waitlist

Spaces available for all ages

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Fireflies Nursery

Last inspected 25 April 2024

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Staff provide a warm welcome at this inviting nursery. Children happily separate from their carers and settle quickly into the routines of the day. Leaders develop a rich and varied curriculum that builds on what children already know and can do. Staff gather valuable information about children that helps them to understand their likes and interests. As a result, children show a positive attitude to learning and are keen to know more.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders are passionate about supporting the diverse community they serve and monitor staff practice to improve teaching quality.
  • Staff feel well supported, work effectively as a team, and deploy themselves to keep children safe.
  • Staff know children well, observe their development, and promptly identify delays, with the SENDCO providing intervention and working with external agencies.
  • Staff provide good support for children's communication and language, introducing new words and challenging them with open-ended questions.
  • Children are proud of their achievements, encouraged to be creative, and regularly praised, building their sense of pride and self-esteem.
  • Support for children who speak English as an additional language is good, with staff learning key words in different languages and supporting dual language communication.

Areas to develop

  • 1build further on staff practice so that they leave enough opportunity for children to participate in back-and-forth conversations
  • 2support staff to recognise when activities need to be adapted to meet the needs of all the children participating.
Inspection #10337993 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak very highly about the staff and the support they receive.

They comment positively about the progress their children make and attribute this to the nursery provision.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress in their learning from their various starting points. The special educational needs and/or disabilities coordinator provides intervention for any child with gaps in their development. They work with external agencies to gain any extra support children may need. This means that all children are supported to make the progress that they are capable of.

Outdoor space

Staff deploy themselves effectively to keep children safe, including during mealtimes and when children are playing outside.

Parent Reviews of Fireflies Nursery

3.7
(13)
mozghan abdulrazaq
7 months ago

My child attended this nursery from the beginning of September, but we decided to withdraw during the settling-in stage. I initially chose this nursery because it was convenient and close to home. I also looked at their Ofsted rating, which stated “Good,” and thought it would be a safe choice. Unfortunately, my experience has been disappointing. From the start, I felt that many of the staff members were not skilled in communicating with children or making them feel safe and comfortable. At times, it was even awkward to watch how they interacted with the children — it seemed as if they didn’t even know basic nursery songs. Several staff members appear to be untrained, and it shows in the quality of care. There were also issues with their registration process and app. At first, the app wasn’t working due to technical problems, and once it was finally fixed, I was told they don’t really use it anyway. If your goal is for your child to learn communication skills, social development, or potty training, this nursery is definitely not the place for that. The impression I got is that the staff simply watch the children to make sure they are safe — there is little to no engagement or developmental input. The environment itself doesn’t help either. The rooms are dark and uninviting, the toys are old, and many don’t even have working batteries. It feels depressing rather than stimulating for young children. Although they claim to have several branches, I can’t shake the feeling that this is more of a business focused on profit rather than quality childcare. I would strongly advise parents to look beyond the Ofsted score, read the full report, and spend time observing during induction — even then, you will likely notice the awkwardness and lack of professionalism. If you simply need a place for your child to be watched for a few hours a day with no focus on learning or development, then perhaps this would meet your needs. But if you truly care about your child’s growth, confidence, and happiness, I would recommend avoiding this nursery.

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Charmaine Mcken
a year ago

My son has just completed his second year here and he is now off to “Big school “ and honestly I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. His skills, speech and confidence since he started are amazing. I wouldn’t send my kids anywhere else. The staff have been amazing!! Also Lisa has been amazing with my son. I hope you remain with Fireflies for the future, so all my kids have the same experience. You are an absolute credit to the nursery!! Thankyou for giving my son the best step up!!

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Sabrina Khan
3 years ago

Amazing staff. My son loves all the girls who work there and is so happy to go in the mornings. Prices are very competitive for private sessions. My daughter will be joining them also, Couldn’t be happier with the nursery, thank you.

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Nafisa Mariam
a year ago

fireflies is the best nursery. it is the second home to my kids . best staff ever. always caring and helping 💓. my daughter will miss alot her teachers n friends 🧡

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S90 S
10 months ago

Very good nursery, staff are all so lovely! Highly recommend!

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Inspection history

Date: July 2019

  • April 2024Good
  • July 2019Good

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