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West House School Nursery

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·West House School, 24 St. James Road, BIRMINGHAM, B15 2NX · Birmingham
Number of places
70 places
Age range
1–5 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2005
Local authority
Birmingham

About this day nursery

West House School Nursery, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, is an Ofsted-registered setting for children from 6 months to 4 years old. The nursery aims to unlock each child's full potential by fostering confidence, curiosity, and a love for learning through a play-based approach tailored to individual interests.

They pride themselves on being inclusive, integrating children into the wider school community with access to extensive outdoor areas, Forest School, and the library, allowing them to interact with older students. The nurturing environment focuses on rapid progress in key developmental areas, with support from an experienced team including an EYFS Senco and a Speech and Language Therapist.

The nursery prepares children for the next stage of their education with a focus on literacy through the Monster Phonics scheme and early maths concepts, ensuring they are ready for Reception. Safety and well-being are paramount, with generous staff-to-child ratios, expert teachers, and key workers, all within a secure environment featuring restricted access, a strict sign-in protocol, and CCTV coverage.

The nursery encourages parental involvement with taster sessions, daily catch-ups, and a digital communication platform to keep parents informed of their child’s progress. Girls transitioning from the nursery often continue their education at top independent schools, with West House having a partnership with Edgbaston High School for Girls.

Our ethos

West House School Nursery's approach is play-based, fostering confidence, curiosity, and a love for learning tailored to individual interests. They emphasise inclusivity, integrating children into the wider school community and providing access to diverse resources like Forest School. The nursery focuses on holistic development, including literacy through Monster Phonics and early maths, to prepare children for their next educational steps.

What it's like

Children are very happy, confident and independent, benefiting from positive interactions with their key workers and engaging in a variety of stimulating activities. They develop good levels of confidence, independence, and an awareness of the wider world through well-identified individual care and educational needs.

Play-based learningInclusive environment with older children interactionKey worker systemMonster Phonics literacy programmeExperienced support staffPart of West House Prep School

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Opening hours

08:00-18:00

Age range

6 months to 4 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for West House School Nursery

Last inspected 31 October 2005 · Paula Hunt

What it's like to attend

Children are very happy, confident and independent, benefiting from positive interactions with their key workers and engaging in a variety of stimulating activities. They develop good levels of confidence, independence, and an awareness of the wider world through well-identified individual care and educational needs.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are very happy, confident and independent.
  • Children eat nutritious snacks and meals, with dietary needs taken into account.
  • Children benefit from daily access to a spacious outdoor area with a good range of physical activities.
  • Children are cared for in a safe and stimulating environment with clear risk assessments.
  • Children's individual care and educational needs are well identified and recognised by staff.

Areas to develop

  • 1ensure children's dignity and privacy are respected when providing intimate care such as nappy changing and individual toiletry items are used to prevent cross infection.
  • 2maintain the minimum adult/child ratio at all times and develop procedures for ensuring supervision of students and trainees under 17 years of age
  • 3ensure children and staff's arrival and departure times are recorded on the daily attendance register and update policies in line with the national standards for complaints, incidents, lost and uncollected children.
Inspection #EY288576 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The setting has procedures in place to support children with special educational needs. Close liaison with parents ensures all children's needs are well planned for and met.

Outdoor space

All children benefit from daily access to a spacious outdoor area. Children enjoy a good range of well-planned activities that help keep them healthy and develop their physical skills. They are competent when using the climbing frame and show good co-ordination when throwing, jumping, running and balancing.

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