Kids Planet Hagley Road

Baby signing, car-shelter construction and a Chinatown outing gave the June 2025 nursery day a recognisable character. Kids Planet Hagley Road, at 415 Gillott Road in Birmingham, has capacity for 60 children aged 3 to 60 months. At its June 2025 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good and judged safeguarding effective.

The strongest examples connect children's interests with something useful to learn. There are also two clear improvement priorities: allowing children more thinking time and making changes between activities run more smoothly. Both matter to the everyday experience.

Learning and Activities

The early years foundation stage provides the framework for learning and care. In June 2025, this meant babies practising coordination through block stacking, while children interested in transport explored numbers and shapes by making shelters for cars of different sizes. Familiar play supplied the starting point for learning.

Communication had several routes. In June 2025, practitioners paired baby signing with speech and visual prompts, giving children ways to express themselves before spoken language developed. Words such as chrysalis and metamorphosis introduced more demanding vocabulary. Staff also used words from children's home languages, helping connect nursery conversations with language familiar to each child.

Outdoor and Community Life

In June 2025, community experiences included travel on public transport and visits to Chinatown during Chinese New Year. These brought learning about other cultures into real places and experiences. Songs in Punjabi were another example of children's languages having a place in the day.

At the June 2025 inspection, Ofsted found that key-person relationships supported children's emotional security and that staff worked with families and professionals to plan support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, using additional funding for resources including a sensory room.

That room offered a quieter setting for interactions in small groups in June 2025. Its resources could be tailored to individual needs, making the physical space part of the support arrangement.

During the same month, staff kept parents informed through regular conversations and updates, supporting continuity between learning at nursery and at home. Practitioners offered comfort while encouraging independence. Clear behavioural expectations and praise helped children understand how to treat one another, and staff helped them consider risks during play.

The address is 415 Gillott Road, Birmingham, B16 9LL. Opening hours are 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, with operation across the year and bank-holiday closures. This opening window gives families a useful starting point for planning work and childcare.

In June 2025, the nursery provided funded early education for eligible children.

• Time to think. In June 2025, staff sometimes supplied answers or moved the conversation on before children had time to respond. On a visit, ask how practitioners now give children space to develop their ideas and extend their vocabulary.
• Changes between activities. In June 2025, some children lost engagement during changes in the routine, including mealtimes. Ask how waiting is managed and how children know what happens next.
• Individual support. The June 2025 sensory room and joint planning with families and professionals offer concrete points for discussion. Families seeking additional support should explore how these arrangements would work for their child.

Kids Planet Hagley Road suits families who value communication through signing, speech and home languages, alongside learning drawn from children's interests and community experiences. The June 2025 examples give those priorities substance. The balance to weigh is equally practical: children's thinking needs time, and transitions need to keep them involved. Those are useful priorities for a family visit.