Opening hours
Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 6pm.
Rhymes Nursery
Ofsted: Expected standard·
4.8(4 parent reviews)
·835 Hagley Road West, Quinton, BIRMINGHAM, B32 1AD · Birmingham
Number of places
55 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2026
Local authority
Birmingham
About this day nursery
Rhymes Nursery, established in 2012, is a childcare setting located in Birmingham that caters to children aged 0-4 years. Open all year round, from 7:30 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday, it provides a nurturing environment where children are eager to explore and engage.
The nursery proudly offers funded early education for two, three, and four-year-old children, supporting a diverse range of families in the community. Their commitment to inclusive education is evident through their strong support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), working proactively with professionals to ensure every child makes good progress.
Children who speak English as an additional language also receive tailored support to aid their development. The nursery’s emphasis on physical development is supported by daily access to outdoor spaces, ensuring both older and younger children can enjoy being physically active through climbing, running, and playing games.
The manager is passionate about children's learning and experiences, fostering a curriculum approach rooted in the EYFS framework, and encouraging a variety of inspiring activities that lead to high levels of engagement.
What it's like
Children arrive happily and are eager to explore the nursery, showing delight and leaving their parents with confidence. They are greeted with a warm welcome from managers and staff on arrival and feel safe and secure with the close attachments they have with staff. Children are excited by the variety of challenging and inspiring activities, showing high levels of engagement during play.
Engaging activitiesStrong leadershipEffective SEND supportGood communication skillsPhysical developmentParent partnerships
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All_year
Established
2012
Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Expected standard
Last inspected Apr 2026
Grade summary
Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.
Category grades
AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 5
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Rhymes Nursery
Last inspected 10 April 2026
What it's like to attend
Children arrive happily and are eager to explore the nursery, showing delight and leaving their parents with confidence. They are greeted with a warm welcome from managers and staff on arrival and feel safe and secure with the close attachments they have with staff. Children are excited by the variety of challenging and inspiring activities, showing high levels of engagement during play.
Inspector highlights
- Children arrive happily and are eager to explore the nursery, showing delight and leaving their parents with confidence.
- Children are greeted with a warm welcome from managers and staff on arrival, feeling safe and secure with close attachments.
- Children are excited by the variety of challenging and inspiring activities, showing high levels of engagement during play.
- Staff have high aspirations for every child to succeed and do well, and children's behaviour is good.
- Leadership and management are strong, with the manager passionate about children's learning and experiences.
- Staff demonstrate a good understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure children develop their language and communication skills.
- Parent partnerships are well established and are highly effective in enhancing children's learning.
- Children's physical development is promoted, with daily access to the outdoors for active play.
Areas to develop
- 1Strengthen training and coaching to identify staff's training needs promptly and raise the quality of teaching to a consistently high level.
- 2Ensure all parents are aware of who their child's key person is and the progress their child is making.
Inspection #10235933 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are supported extremely well. The manager and staff are proactive in seeking support from professionals to obtain advice and intervention for children, resulting in good progress for children with SEND.
Outdoor space
Children have access to the outdoors and rotate daily to ensure both older and younger children can enjoy being physically active. They develop physical skills through climbing, running, and playing games with adults.
EAL / language support
The nursery supports children who speak English as an additional language.
Parent Reviews of Rhymes Nursery
4.8
(4)
H “Bgm” BM
a year ago
Lovely nursery with caring staff. Senior staff are brilliant! Always go above and beyond, nothing is ever too much trouble. If im ever worried about anything, the staff have reassured me. When my baby was unwell they took care of him and kept me updated till i came to collect him, they even messaged the following day to check in on him. They have a variety of options for session times and is great value for money. My baby has been attending from 9 months, he's now 24 months. He's happy here and I'm happy sending him here. Would highly recommend this nursery 💙
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Olivia Reid
3 years ago
I can honestly say all the girls are lovely, they are very supportive and accommodating. I am open to voice any questions or concerns without being made to feel like a problem parent. They are all just genuinely happy to help.They are currently helping me through the challenge of potty training a two year old and they are making the job a lot easier. My daughter is always happy to go to nursery and always comes home with stories about her day. At the moment she’s talking about how much she loves to cuddle her favourite teacher Beth and all the pictures she paints with her best friends.
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Asha6 Agarwal
7 years ago
Charlene Atkinson
7 years ago
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Inspection history
Date: March 2013
The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Good). We're re-checking it against the original report.
- December 2022Good
- November 2022Good
- January 2017Good
- December 2016Good
- April 2013Good
- March 2013Good
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