Fatima Day Nursery

In January 2025, a pretend shop, coloured bears and story-led conversations illustrated how children practised practical skills through play at Fatima Day Nursery. This Oldbury setting has capacity for 35 children aged two to five, at 36 Vicarage Road, B68 8HL.

At its January 2025 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good and found safeguarding effective. The main improvement priorities concerned giving children more responsibility for everyday tasks and keeping learning targets abreast of their development.

The early years foundation stage sets the framework for children's learning, development and care, bringing play and everyday routines into their education. In January 2025, activities drew on children's interests, with learning arranged to build on skills they already had.

Mathematics took a practical form. In January 2025, preschool children used a pretend shop where items carried prices and weights, connecting numbers with buying and choosing. Elsewhere, children used tweezers to move coloured bears, continuing when the task became difficult. These examples put number knowledge and careful hand movements into activities with a clear purpose.

Conversation ran through play too. In January 2025, staff asked questions that invited children's ideas, linked familiar stories to activities and introduced words for characters and materials. Songs and rhymes also encouraged manners and helping others. Learning extended beyond the activity itself to how children talked and cooperated.

In January 2025, each child's key person knew their interests and development, while families received daily accounts of activities and ideas to continue learning at home. That connected nursery experiences with family life. Children also served food themselves and helped put things away, giving everyday routines an educational role.

At the January 2025 inspection, Ofsted found effective support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, including identifying developmental gaps and seeking help from external agencies, and for children learning English alongside their home language. This combined attention to individual development with support for communication.

Staff development was part of the January 2025 picture: leaders demonstrated practice, supported training and helped practitioners apply new learning in their interactions with children.

Fatima Day Nursery's address is 36 Vicarage Road, Oldbury, B68 8HL, and its current age range is two to five.

In January 2025, it operated on weekdays during term time, with session times from 8am to 5pm. Government-funded childcare was offered at that time. These are dated attendance arrangements, rather than a promise of today's booking pattern.

• Everyday independence. In January 2025, adults sometimes cleaned children's hands and faces when children could have done this themselves. More opportunities to manage these small tasks were an improvement priority.
• Keeping targets relevant. In January 2025, development reviews took place termly, but some children moved beyond their targets before the next review. Families should weigh how promptly the next learning steps respond to progress.
• Attendance and charges. The January 2025 arrangements combined term-time attendance with government-funded childcare. Which current attendance pattern and funded-hours charges would apply to your child? Request a written quotation before committing.

Fatima Day Nursery suits families with children aged two to five who value practical play, conversation and links between home and nursery learning. Its January 2025 picture included purposeful activities and individual support, alongside two clear priorities: greater everyday independence and more responsive learning targets. The dated term-time arrangements will be especially relevant to families considering attendance around school terms.