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Little Folks Nursery & Out of School Club

Ofsted: Good
(Nov 2023)
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2.7(15 parent reviews)
·108-110 Gravelly Hill, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 7PF · Birmingham
Number of places
64 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2023
Local authority
Birmingham

About this day nursery

Little Folks Nursery, established in 2007, has expanded to include several community-focused nurseries and former children's centres, all dedicated to providing high-quality childcare within a nurturing and stimulating environment where children can thrive and feel secure. The nursery places the child at the core of all its activities, boasting a team of fully qualified staff, ranging from Level 2/3 NVQ Childcare to Early Years Teacher qualifications, or those actively pursuing these credentials.

Driven by a commitment to the early years sector, Little Folks strives to be an innovator, fostering individuality within a group setting. " They adhere to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory guidelines, ensuring children's safety, welfare, and development, and utilize the Development Matters framework for assessing progress.

Parents are involved in the assessment process from the initial induction, completing a questionnaire to help tailor activities and next steps for their child. Little Folks emphasizes the Three Characteristics of Effective Learning—Playing and Exploring, Active Learning, and Creating and Thinking Critically—and ensures children engage in activities that promote development across seven areas of learning, with a strong focus on prime areas for babies.

The nursery believes in individualized learning pace, facilitated by a Key Person system, allowing children to explore freely while staff provide support and challenges. They also champion outdoor learning, highlighting its numerous benefits for physical, cognitive, and emotional development, and encourage appropriate seasonal attire to enable year-round outdoor play.

Some nurseries within the group implement an "In The Moment" planning approach, where activities are not pre-planned but evolve based on children's spontaneous interests, allowing for deeper exploration and engagement with topics that genuinely capture their curiosity.

Our ethos

Little Folks Nursery is committed to providing high-quality childcare where children are at the core of all activities. They foster individuality, close parent collaboration, and support children to become independent and confident. Their approach is rooted in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) guidelines and the Development Matters framework. They emphasize the Three Characteristics of Effective Learning and champion outdoor learning. Some nurseries in the group also utilize an "In The Moment" planning approach, tailoring activities to children's spontaneous interests.

What it's like

Children happily enter the nursery and easily separate from their parents and carers. Staff are warm and welcoming, and they support children to settle quickly into the routines of the day. Staff gather valuable information about children before they start and, therefore, they know them very well. This helps children to feel happy, safe and secure in staff's care.

Community-focusedQualified StaffEYFS CurriculumOutdoor LearningIn The Moment Planning

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks of the year, closing for bank holidays and at Christmas. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm.

Age range

Babies, toddlers and pre-school

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Folks Nursery & Out of School Club

Last inspected 16 November 2023

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 happily enter the nursery and easily separate from their parents and carers. Staff are warm and welcoming, and they support children to settle quickly into the routines of the day. Staff gather valuable information about children before they start and, therefore, they know them very well. This helps children to feel happy, safe and secure in staff's care.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders have made significant improvements since their last inspection.
  • Leaders design a varied and broad curriculum that has a strong focus on offering children rich experiences.
  • Staff make good use of stories, rhymes and songs to encourage children's language.
  • Staff encourage children to be independent.
  • Support for children with SEND is strong.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to recognise when they can encourage children's communication more frequently so that children can practise speaking and share their ideas
  • 2share even more information with parents, so they can continue to support their children's learning at home.
Inspection #10303849 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak positively of the nursery and staff. They say their children are happy and have settled quickly with the recent changes in staff.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are making good progress in their learning. The special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) works closely with staff to model ideas and share her expertise. She makes timely referrals to other agencies to get the early and ongoing support children might need. Child specific targets are regularly set and evaluated by staff. These help to identify and close any gaps in the children's knowledge.

Outdoor space

New resources and daily outdoor play means that children enjoy building their physical skills on scooters and tricycles. Children know to take off their coats and place them on their pegs when they return from outside.

Parent Reviews of Little Folks Nursery & Out of School Club

2.7
(15)
Cora Norman
7 years ago

All I hear is bad reviews and I regret sending my son to this Nursery it has affected his confidence and ability to be left at other care givers because he is afraid. They forced him out of nappies when he wasn’t ready. He used to beg me not to take him there. When I decided to take my son out of this hell hole I was billed for more than a year of childcare and threatened with bailiffs. I became so stressed I had to ask another family member to deal with them on my behalf. They do not angle personal data safely I have had staff take my mobile number and text me from a password protected computer (according to manager) I have had bills with personal data given to me for other parents by mistake. Everytime I drive past this Nursery my son almost reduced to tears saying please don’t leave me at Nursery today. Every child and parent I know has taken their child out of here and you only need to read the reviews to see why, I wish I saw the reviews first. My son is now much happier and has made some really nice friends at the Nursery who we now keep in contact with. But the staff will not watch your children or greet them at the door they will sit and gossip about management in front of you, and leave the children with poo in their nappies and food and snot on their faces. It’s upsetting to think this place is still in operation. The manager of the nursery is a lying conniving fraudulent narcissist.

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Laura Carson
5 years ago

This a fantastic Nursery. My daughter previously attended another nursery which wasn't the right fit and we felt her needs were not been met sufficiently. Since attending here we can see her speech and confidence have both grown considerably in that time. She has made a lot of friends and has a good relationship with the teachers who I can't thank enough for all their dedication and support through these last few months.

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Love U forever
10 years ago

Nursery is disgusting they do not send you invoices on a monthly basis I've only ever received one. The staff kissed my child on the mouth and all they did was move the staff to a different branch. This is kingstanding one it's disgusting. They take your money and lie about refurbishment. I've had several prank calls from them making threats to me. They charged me for a year and sent it to debt collectors after I checked I never owe them that amount. I've had to change my details because of the continous threats. I wouldn't recommend them. My child has been sent home with other children's nappies after providing my own. Do not send your kids there they are doing fraud. Every time i paid cash they never provided receipts after cash payments. And a member of staff stole money and lied to say they never received payments.

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Rebecca Linton
10 years ago

I don't know about gravelly hill but the Kingstanding site is Diabolical!, dirty carpets, old toys, cobwebs, dirty walls! Its funny that people that previously worked there or did placements have spoke negatively about the inside running of the nursery and their reviews are on Facebook!! Not one positive comment! They do not keep accurate records of payment and sent my details to a debt collector they also pushed up the fee without informing parents and later claimed they did! What for?! I do not know as the nursery is ABSOLUTELY FILTHY, oftentimes the staff to child ration was ILLEGAL! and as a result I left, they also sent me to a debt collector for the cost of the full year my child attended when I paid the majority and was behind by 1/5 as my daughter was in on odd days, in the entire time she attended I NEVER ONCE received an invoice and when they where calling for money I was harassed beyond belief by the manager to the point where I went into labour early, they are fraudulent con artists and the only reason I stayed so long was because one employee called Laura who has now left, was superb with my daughter. I didn't mind anything else as she was incredible. They do not give regular reviews, updates or invoices and when my child's mentor/key worker left she was not replaced. There was no evidence presented to me that my child was being taught in accordance with EYFS, no music man, same old displays. No update or progress report until I requested it! Kids where always snotty & catching colds, now I know why!!

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Joanne Ward
10 years ago

My child currently goes to this nursery and has been there for about a year. My child's confidence has grown massively. My child's eating has come on massively. Has made loads of friends. My child loves the girls who work there and they love my child. I'm so glad my child comes here. Was the right decision. I get a monthly invoice. Any problems I know I can always ask the girls and I know they'll do their best to help me.

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Inspection history

Date: October 2012

  • November 2023Good
  • June 2023Good
  • March 2019Good
  • December 2013Outstanding
  • August 2013Outstanding
  • October 2012Good

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