Shirley Green Day Nursery

A dedicated sleep room for babies, a separate stage for newly mobile children and a garden used throughout the year give Shirley Green Day Nursery a clear character. The emphasis is on making room for different stages of childhood. Babies have somewhere quieter to rest, while older children have space to explore and practise doing things for themselves.

At its 16 June 2025 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good. That judgement sits alongside specific improvements required in teaching: extending the learning within activities and using assessments more precisely to challenge children who are ready for more. These are useful distinctions for parents weighing care arrangements alongside educational ambition.

Shirley Green cares for children from 2 months to 5 years and has 90 places in total. Its Streetsbrook Road setting belongs to Tommies Childcare, with unlimited settling-in sessions and Famly communication among the arrangements offered here. Attendance includes full-day bookings and a term-time option for certain funded entitlements.

Rooms and Ages

The Baby Room, for children up to 12 months, combines quieter corners, tables for messy activities and gentle climbing frames with a dedicated sleep room, allowing active exploration and rest to take place in different spaces.

For children aged 1 to 2 years, the First Steps Room provides a spacious setting for increasing mobility and confidence, giving this stage its own room rather than grouping it into a broader baby or toddler band.

Imaginative and creative play shape the Toddler Room for children aged 2 to 3 years, with sharing and interaction emphasised as children begin to build relationships with one another.

Construction activities in the Pre-School Room, for ages 3 to 5 years, sit alongside an emphasis on independence and confidence before primary school, linking play with preparation for a change of setting.

Learning and Activities

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) provides the framework for learning and care: children develop language, early mathematical understanding and social skills through play and everyday interactions. Alongside it, Shirley Green uses the group-wide In the Moment approach and creative activities addressing those areas.

In June 2025, babies listened to songs and stories, toddlers practised new words and short sentences, and older children took part in extended conversations. Language activities changed with the child’s stage.

Books were also part of the day in June 2025, with children absorbed in familiar stories read by staff. Mathematical experiences included counting and recognising shapes for younger children, then recognising numbers for older children. These experiences introduced counting, shapes and numbers at different developmental stages.

The teaching improvements identified in June 2025 concerned what happened next. Staff sometimes missed opportunities to take an activity further, and assessment information did not consistently lead to sufficient challenge for the most able children. For a child already confident with the activity in front of them, extending the conversation or task matters as much as offering it in the first place.

Outdoor and Community Life

The Garden is used daily, including in wet weather, for running, climbing and exploring seasonal change. Outdoor play is therefore part of the ordinary attendance pattern, giving children opportunities for movement beyond their room activities.

In June 2025, dough and drawing with crayons, pencils and chalk gave children practice with smaller hand movements alongside their physical activity outdoors.

Relationships and Communication

Unlimited settling-in sessions are a group-wide offer available at Shirley Green. With no fixed cap, families have time to become familiar with nursery before regular attendance begins.

Famly is the app used to keep families connected with their child’s nursery day. It gives communication a route beyond the conversation at collection, which can matter when parents want to stay involved while their child is away from home.

In June 2025, babies received prompt responses when they needed food, comfort or sleep. Staff sang to them, and babies responded with smiles. Older children practised independence by serving lunch and managing personal care, while toddlers helped put toys away. Care and growing responsibility were linked through ordinary routines.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

At the June 2025 inspection, Ofsted found safeguarding effective and described support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities that included individual plans developed with external professionals. The concrete mechanism matters: additional help involved planned support and collaboration, rather than relying solely on informal encouragement.

In June 2025, adults modelled courtesy and helped children work through sharing and compromise. Praise recognised children's efforts as well as achievements. Children could also choose when to take their snack, giving them a manageable decision within the day’s routines.

Meals are prepared and cooked by the nursery’s own chef, with menu planning informed by nutrition guidance. For families using paid sessions, food and snacks are included in the session fee; funded-day meals have a separate charge.

Sessions and Attendance

The address is Old Edwardians Sports Club, Streetsbrook Road, Solihull, B90 3PE. Opening hours are 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, and full-day sessions use that same window.

The standard booking minimum is two full days each week. When booking three full days or fewer, one must fall on Monday or Friday. This is a meaningful scheduling condition: a preferred pair of midweek days would not meet the standard rule.

A term-time-only option applies to families using the entitlement for supported two-year-olds or the universal entitlement for three- and four-year-olds. It follows school terms over 38 weeks and excludes holiday childcare; allocation follows a first-come, first-served rule and the nursery’s admissions policy.

Across-year fees are annualised over 51 weeks into 12 equal monthly bills. Bank holidays and the staff development day remain included in billing. The nursery closes for bank holidays, a Christmas week and a staff development day, so families need to account for those closures when planning care.

The nursery’s contact telephone is 0121 798 1694, with a message option too.

Funding and Paid Extras

Funding options include 15 hours for children aged 2 years receiving additional support, 15 hours for all 3 & 4-year-olds, and 30 hours childcare for eligible working families. Eligible families can access the working-family entitlement from the term after their child turns nine months. Additional private sessions can be booked beyond funded hours.

Funded hours can be stretched across 51 weeks, while the term-time arrangement described above serves the two specified 15-hour entitlements. The distinction affects when care takes place, rather than changing the entitlement into unlimited attendance.

Paid-session fees include meals and snacks. Meals on funded days are charged separately, and the term-time option may also involve a meal charge when families choose nursery food. Current prices come in the nursery’s written quotation.

An initial registration charge applies when formally requesting a place. If the required booking pattern cannot be offered and the family withdraws its request, that charge is refunded; after acceptance it becomes non-refundable. A separate acceptance payment is credited against the first monthly bill, making it different from the registration charge.

• The weekday rule. Standard bookings of three full days or fewer must include Monday or Friday. Compare that condition with your working week before choosing an attendance pattern.
• Challenge beyond the activity. In June 2025, teaching did not consistently extend learning or stretch the most able children through assessment-led planning. During a visit, ask for an example of how staff now take an already confident child’s learning further.
• Settling and sleep. Unlimited settling-in sessions and the Baby Room’s separate sleep space are relevant for a child starting care. Discuss how those arrangements would work with your baby’s routines during a visit.
• Funding and meals. Stretched funding and the specified term-time option involve different attendance arrangements, with food charged separately on funded days. Request a written quotation for the exact pattern you are considering, separating private hours from meal charges.

Shirley Green suits families considering regular full-day bookings, including a full working week, and those seeking the specified term-time funded arrangement. Its strongest practical attractions are the separate developmental rooms, dedicated baby sleep space, daily garden use and unlimited settling-in offer.

The June 2025 teaching improvements matter for children ready for greater challenge. The attendance rules also make the fit depend on the family’s actual weekly pattern.