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Footsteps Nursery Walmley

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2024)
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3.2(9 parent reviews) ·Ash Cottage, Walmley Ash Lane, Sutton Coldfield, B76 2AA · Birmingham
Number of places
86 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2024
Local authority
Birmingham

About this day nursery

Footsteps Nursery Walmley provides a nurturing and stimulating environment where children can take their first steps towards independence and learning. The nursery focuses on supporting each child’s development through a play-based curriculum that adheres to the Early Years Foundation Stage principles.

Dedicated to providing the best start in education, Footsteps Nursery ensures a vibrant range of activities inspiring children to reach their full potential. Beyond academics, the nursery prioritises the health and well-being of its children, offering a nutritionally balanced and varied menu prepared with fresh, quality ingredients.

The team of experienced and caring practitioners are committed to nurturing, caring for, and inspiring every child. The nursery also values strong parent partnerships, fostering secure bonds between the children, their families, and the nursery team.

Safety is paramount, with comprehensive policies and procedures in place to ensure a secure and healthy environment for everyone.

Our ethos

Footsteps Nursery Walmley uses a play-based curriculum that follows the EYFS principles. They are committed to nurturing, caring for, and inspiring every child to reach their full potential and value strong partnerships with parents.

What it's like

Children enjoy their time at this welcoming nursery, building strong relationships with nurturing staff. They are sociable, form friendships, and show high levels of self-esteem and confidence. Children make good progress, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Play-based curriculumNutritionally balanced mealsExperienced practitionersStrong parent partnershipsChild safety focus

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
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Key facts

Food

Nutritionally balanced and varied meals prepared with fresh, quality ingredients.

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Footsteps Nursery Walmley

Last inspected 15 March 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

Children enjoy their time at this welcoming nursery, building strong relationships with nurturing staff. They are sociable, form friendships, and show high levels of self-esteem and confidence. Children make good progress, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Inspector highlights

  • Children build strong relationships with kind and nurturing staff.
  • Children are very sociable and form firm friendships with their peers.
  • Staff provide children with lots of praise, encouragement, cuddles and comfort, leading to high levels of self-esteem and confidence.
  • Children enjoy exploring the garden and working as a team to design and build.
  • Staff support children with SEND well, ensuring targeted plans are in place for progress.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to consistently provide activities that match precisely to children's learning needs and interests
  • 2work more closely with parents to help accelerate children's acquisition of toileting skills.
Inspection #10336158 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak very highly of the nursery.

The comment on how their children enjoy attending and the good progress they make.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those children with special education needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress from their starting points. Staff support children with SEND well. The special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) works closely with children's key persons, parents and outside agencies. They ensure targeted plans are in place to help these children to make the best possible progress.

Outdoor space

Children enjoy exploring the garden. They search for items and are keen to use tally charts to record what they find. Children work as a team as they design and build a ladder and slide and discuss how they can use items gathered from around the garden. Outdoors, children climb, play chasing games and ride around on wheeled toys.

Parent Reviews of Footsteps Nursery Walmley

3.2
(9)
Sara Aburshed
3 months ago

The worst nursery ever, my son is now 6 years old and he still remembers that the staff there were shouting at the kids. Edit: response: This is not right, even one of the staff adviced me to put my son somewhere else as they kept shouting at the kids. And I remember one day one teacher took the toy from my son and caused a cut on his finger and when i asked her , she responded that he didn’t listen to me when i asked him to leave it .

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Jessica Knowland
3 years ago

My daughter has been attending the setting since she was 17months old and I can only say positive things about the setting. The staff are very knowledgeable, caring and have a passion for the job they do! I love how throughout each room she grown and is now able to tell me what she has done in the day. This really helps with developing her memory and of course her speech development, which will help her when she progresses to school. My daughter loves the food there, so much so I had to ask their cook for the recipe for the curry they have in the setting as that the only one my daughter will eat! I cannot thank the staff enough for the hard work they put in everyday and care they take in looking after my child.

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Sarah Ferryman
3 years ago

My little girl has been going here since January and both me and her love it! Staff are so kind and friendly. Always listen to any concerns or questions I may have. My little girl literally runs in when I drop her off and she loves all the key workers. Would highly recommend and so glad I chose this nursery.

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Meena Murugan
3 years ago

Sadly gone downhill. Poor parental communication and documentation. Fail to take an individualised approach or puts child’s needs first. When concerns raised told “staff don’t have time”. Food provided is also poor. There are many other better nurseries in the area. Serious previous issues also raised by ofsted.

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Emmajean Ferguson
4 years ago

Really poor care pulled my daughter out. Kids looking after kids . Already been closed down recently for safe guarding issues. Don't send your child here .

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Inspection history

Date: May 2016

  • March 2024Good
  • May 2019Good
  • May 2016Good

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