Tiny Treasures Daycare & Education

A playhouse outside, a builder’s yard indoors and a strong emphasis on conversation give Tiny Treasures’ Hobmoor Road branch a practical, play-led character. Children have spaces for pretending, investigating and handling everyday objects, alongside quieter corners for books. This is a setting where the physical surroundings give children something to talk about and explore.

At its September 2024 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good. The setting has 25 places in total and is based in Small Heath, Birmingham. Its childcare offer extends from 5 months old until a child’s 5th birthday, with a key person responsible for each child’s care and learning.

The balance for parents is clear: purposeful play spaces and personal support sit alongside specific educational improvements identified in September 2024. Individual learning plans, information passed between rooms and the depth of number teaching all needed attention.

Rooms and Ages

The Baby room combines a sensory area with everyday objects, textured materials, messy play and songs, giving younger children opportunities to explore through touch and sound.

In the Toddler’s Room, a home corner supports pretend play, a quiet area provides space for storybooks, and an open-plan layout includes a sink for independent handwashing and a builder’s yard for practical investigation.

Preschool combines cultural activities and independence during everyday routines with an open-plan room, a handwashing sink and a builder’s yard, linking preparation for school with practical tasks and imaginative play.

These arrangements put self-care alongside learning. The sinks give children a place to practise washing their own hands after messy activities; the home corner gives familiar experiences a place in play. Quiet space also matters. A child can look at a book or wind down rather than take part in the busier activities throughout the session.

Learning and Activities

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework guides the nursery’s provision, bringing communication, social development, movement, creativity and independence into children’s play and daily routines. The emphasis is on what children do, say and practise, rather than a separate timetable of formal lessons.

In September 2024, staff used children’s interests to shape the play environment and offered alternatives when children were not ready to sustain attention during group circle times. Bilingual practitioners also brought children’s home languages into play, encouraging them to listen and speak in familiar languages. For a child developing confidence in communication, that means familiar language had a place in nursery life.

The educational caveat is specific. In September 2024, observations of children’s achievements were not being used precisely enough to choose their next learning experiences. Number teaching also needed greater depth, including work on number values, patterns and relationships. An engaging activity and a carefully chosen next step are different things; both matter.

Outdoor and Community Life

Outside, the playhouse supports imaginative play, while an investigation area contains sinks and worktops that children can explore as real objects. A sand and construction area adds opportunities to handle materials and build. The outdoor provision therefore extends the practical exploration found indoors.

Connections with the Fire Service and NHS support health and safety awareness workshops for parents and carers. This gives the nursery’s community links a concrete purpose beyond occasional visitors: information for families about everyday health and safety.

Each child has a key person who monitors progress and supports their individual care and learning. That gives parents an identifiable member of staff with responsibility for their child, rather than leaving communication entirely to whichever practitioner happens to be nearby.

Regular parents’ evenings provide time to discuss development and concerns. They also give families a chance to look more closely at children’s activities and learning, with more time for discussion than a brief collection conversation allows.

At the September 2024 inspection, Ofsted found safeguarding effective and support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities strong, with outside professionals contributing to individual targets and early communication interventions. Those findings are useful for families weighing how personal support worked at that point.

Room changes required more attention in September 2024. Staff taking over children’s care had not consistently received the latest learning information from the previous key person. For parents, the important distinction is between having a key person and ensuring that knowledge follows a child when that relationship changes.

Sessions and Attendance

The nursery is at 290 Hobmoor Road, Small Heath, Birmingham B10 9HH. Opening hours are 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, across 51 weeks of the year. That opening window gives families a substantial span around the working day; it should be considered alongside the attendance arrangement agreed for their child.

The branch organises provision into two daily sessions. Opening hours and a child’s booked attendance serve different purposes, so the practical decision is how that session arrangement fits the family’s routine.

For direct contact, the Hobmoor branch can be reached on 0121 439 1716 or by email at hobmoor@tinytreasuresnursery.co.uk.

Funding and Paid Extras

The group-wide funding offer displayed for this branch covers childcare from 9 months until a child’s 5th birthday, subject to terms and conditions. Families should treat the age span as the scope of the offer rather than a guarantee of individual eligibility. Current prices come in the nursery’s written quotation.

• Individual next steps. In September 2024, learning plans did not consistently target each child’s most relevant needs. During a visit, ask to see how an observation now leads to a specific activity for that child.
• Room handovers. September 2024 brought a clear concern about learning information following children between rooms. Ask how the incoming key person receives and uses the latest assessment.
• Number learning. Teaching needed to build a deeper grasp of number in September 2024. Look for an explanation of how practical play develops understanding of quantities, patterns and relationships.
• Attendance and everyday costs. The branch opens across 51 weeks and uses two daily sessions. Ask for the proposed booking arrangement and a written breakdown covering funded hours, food and non-food consumables before deciding.

Tiny Treasures suits families seeking care across the working week, practical play spaces and a clear key-person relationship. Its playhouse, investigation area and room layouts give children concrete opportunities to explore, pretend and practise independence.

The September 2024 Good judgement supports that appeal, but the decision should also take account of the precise improvements required in learning plans, room handovers and number teaching. Families who value communication and personal support have useful reasons to consider this branch, with those educational questions kept firmly in view.