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Smart Start Nursery Trading As Time Out

Ofsted: Expected standard·
4.9(20 Google reviews) ·Smart Start Day Nursery, 31-33 Reay Nadin Drive, Sutton Coldfield, B73 6UR · Birmingham
Number of places
80 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2026
Local authority
Birmingham

About this day nursery

Smart Start Day Nursery, operating as Time Out in Sutton Coldfield, offers quality childcare within an engaging and stimulating environment designed to foster children's growth. The day nursery is committed to instilling values such as friendship, honesty, sharing, and respect for others from a young age.

Their facility is divided into two units situated on the same site; one is a dedicated baby unit comprising three rooms, each accommodating six babies to create a homely atmosphere. The other unit caters to two-year-olds up to pre-school age, providing an exciting and stimulating space for learning and development.

Both units benefit from convenient, private grounds and integrate Forest School and Pre-School experiences into their curriculum. The nursery focuses on creating a happy, calm, and secure environment where every child feels safe and at home, employing a friendly approach that supports strong social, emotional, and physical development through daily activities tailored to individual needs.

They emphasise outdoor learning, utilising fully enclosed gardens with a variety of toys and activities, believing it to be a crucial part of daily life, even in inclement weather. The highly qualified and committed staff deliver well-planned, play-based learning experiences, aiming to help each child develop at their own pace, reach their full potential, and become confident, independent individuals who can make choices, question, and explore their world.

They foster positive relationships built on trust and care, encouraging kindness and respect among children.

Our ethos

At Smart Start Day Nursery, we provide a happy, caring and secure environment in which every child can develop individually and can be motivated and encouraged to reach his or her full potential. Our aim is for all children to be confident, make choices, question and explore their world, and ultimately become happy, independent individuals. We believe that children learn to be strong and independent from a base of caring and secure relationships both with parents and their key people here in our nursery team.

What it's like

Children are welcomed into a caring and friendly environment where they form secure relationships with staff. They separate from their parents confidently and settle quickly into familiar routines. Staff know children well and respond to their individual needs, helping them to feel safe and supported. Children with additional needs benefit from tailored support, including the use of sensory spaces, visual prompts, and consistent approaches between home and the setting.

Forest SchoolPlay-based learningDedicated baby unitOutdoor learning

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Food

Menus mentioned, implying food is provided.

Opening hours

Not specified

Age range

Babies up to pre-school

Term time / All Year

All_year

Staff

Not specified

Registered with Ofsted

2024

Waitlist

Not specified

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Mar 2026

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
Needs attention
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 wellbeingNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
Age range
1 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted report for Smart Start Nursery Trading As Time Out

Last inspected 17 March 2026

Actions the provider must take

  • Improve procedures for recording children's attendance so that their arrival times are recorded accurately and promptly by 23/04/2026.
  • Strengthen leaders' oversight of the provision so that monitoring is precise and drives consistently high-quality experiences for all children by 23/04/2026.
  • Improve staffing arrangements to ensure effective supervision of children, in particular in the outdoor area by 30/04/2026.

What it's like to attend

Children are welcomed into a caring and friendly environment where they form secure relationships with staff. They separate from their parents confidently and settle quickly into familiar routines. Staff know children well and respond to their individual needs, helping them to feel safe and supported. Children with additional needs benefit from tailored support, including the use of sensory spaces, visual prompts, and consistent approaches between home and the setting.

Inspector highlights

  • Children make steady progress from their starting points, particularly in communication and language.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who face barriers to learning receive targeted support and make progress.
  • Leaders create a positive environment where expectations for behaviour are understood and promoted.
  • Staff build warm relationships with children, helping them feel secure and settled.
  • The curriculum is broad and covers the areas of learning well.
  • Leaders and staff identify children's needs using assessment information, including the progress check at age 2.
  • Leaders and staff engage with parents and professionals to support children's needs and promote consistency between home and the setting.

Areas to develop

  • 1Improve procedures for recording children's attendance so that their arrival times are recorded accurately and promptly.
  • 2Strengthen leaders' oversight of the provision so that monitoring is precise and drives consistently high-quality experiences for all children.
  • 3Improve staffing arrangements to ensure effective supervision of children, in particular in the outdoor area.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who face barriers to learning receive targeted support and make progress. Leaders and staff identify needs using assessment, work with external professionals, and apply individual plans. Adaptations are made to reduce barriers to learning, and additional funding is used to provide targeted support and resources.

Outdoor space

Children enjoy outdoor play and exploring sensory resources. Leaders ensure resources are organised to support children's physical development, enabling them to build confidence and a sense of adventure.

EAL / language support

The nursery supports children's communication and language through purposeful interactions, using objects, resources, songs, rhymes, and actions to reinforce new vocabulary and develop early communication skills.

Google Reviews of Smart Start Nursery Trading As Time Out

4.9
(20 Google reviews)
Maria Ashiq
a year ago

A very caring and genuinely lovely nursery. I had to put my children quite last minute into nursery due to changes in personal circumstances and the support I received was commendable. Shaz and Jess to name a few are wonderful and do take care of the children to such a high standard I would even go as far as to say like their own. The commitment to learning development is unmatched and it is why I am willing to travel half an hour to still put my children in this nursery...also very clean!!

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Amy Wilson
8 years ago

My daughter has been going to Smart Start since she was 10 months old - she is now 3 and absolutely loves going to nursery. The staff who work with my daughter know her really well, paying so much attention to her at nursery and even in her home life. The food is very heathy and my daughter is always excited to go to nursery for breakfast. Another fantastic addition to the educational care is the music man and Spanish teacher that visit weekly. We are really pleased with our choice of nursery and will be sad to say goodbye when my daughter goes to school.

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Ben Reaney
7 years ago

We found that the task of choosing the right place and the right people to leave the most valuable person in your world quite daunting. From the very first visit we were blown away by the staff at Smart Start and how much of a family feel it has. Our child has been with Smart Start since he was 9 months old and will leave shortly to go to school and we couldn’t have wished for a better nursery. The staff have been amazing, helping to nurture and develop our son into a confident little boy who is constantly stretched and supported. When he has been nervous or hesitant they have helped him to be confident. When he has shown an interest in something they have worked with that topic to develop skills across the early years curriculum in a way that engages him. His key workers have all been fantastic and the amount of time and energy they invest in the child as an individual is a credit to them all. It will be with a heavy heart that we leave Smart Start to begin the next step in his development and we will leave behind a lot of friends. I would highly recommend Smart Start to anyone, I would encourage you to go along and meet the staff and see how happy the children are there, you won’t be disappointed.

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Susan Norry
7 years ago

Such a great nursery ! The ladies are all lovely and my son loves going to smart start. He started with just two days a week but is now going to do four days. He learns so much, always something going on and the atmosphere is brilliant. Couldn't recommend smart start highly enough.

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Kiki Kasplat
8 years ago

We're always really pleased with this happy nursery. We feel completely confident leaving her with them and know that they'll care for her very well. She has developed extremely well, which we put a large part down to the experiences that she has at Smart Start. The staff always seem happy to welcome her through the door and have a great relationship with the children.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

17 March 2026

Expected standard

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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