The Organic Nursery

A Bookworm Balcony for stories and a personal handmade blanket for each baby give The Organic Nursery a recognisable character: space to explore, with somewhere to pause. At 2 Blossomfield Road in Solihull, its open-plan layout connects rooms for babies, toddlers and preschool children, while shared areas let children move between experiences under staff supervision.

The nursery has capacity for 53 children, with an accepted age range from birth to five. At its 3 May 2022 inspection, Ofsted rated it Good and found safeguarding effective, with children making good progress, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. That is a dated judgement, rather than a description of every aspect of today's provision.

Full-day and half-day attendance are offered. The more consequential choice for families using funded hours is between a separately charged package covering food, care supplies and activities, and an arrangement in which parents supply lunch, nappies and wipes. Those choices also carry different minimum attendance requirements.

Rooms and Ages

Crawlers and Cruisers Room accommodates up to 15 babies, combining sensory experiences, music, messy play and movement with an individual sleeping area and a handmade blanket for each child. The room brings active exploration and rest into the same daily arrangement. For a baby, the practical appeal is that sleep has its own place rather than being treated as an interruption to play.

Movers and Groovers Room accommodates up to 26 toddlers, with changing activities and surroundings intended to encourage imaginative play, creativity and increasing independence. Wigglers and Gigglers Room accommodates 13 preschool children, who can choose between different areas of activity through a free-flow arrangement. These are individual room limits, rather than the number of children necessarily attending together on any particular day.

The Bookworm Balcony is a space devoted to reading, literacy and imagination. It gives books a recognisable place within the wider nursery layout. Shared spaces complement the separate rooms, allowing children to explore beyond a single activity area with staff guidance.

Learning and Activities

The Early Years Foundation Stage provides the framework for children's learning, development and care: here, play and exploration create opportunities to practise language, movement, creativity and independence. It is the foundation of the nursery day, rather than an extra programme. The curriculum information connects those experiences to the different rooms, from babies' sensory play to preschool children's choice of activities.

In May 2022, learning included dough handling and cutting during craft activities, giving children practice in coordination and small hand movements. Children also worked on recognising and writing their names. The value lies in familiar, manageable tasks: a piece of craft work can demand concentration, control and persistence as well as imagination.

Mathematics took different forms across the ages in May 2022. Two-year-olds practised counting and identifying shapes; older children encountered number recognition and simple subtraction and addition. Music, dancing, songs and favourite stories also featured, alongside conversations in which children were encouraged to contribute their opinions. These examples describe the nursery day at that time.

Relationships and Communication

Settling is organised around the child and parent. Families initially spend time together at the nursery, then gradually extend the periods when the child stays independently; the nursery offers as many settling sessions as the family needs. That makes the pace of separation a shared decision, rather than a fixed timetable imposed on every baby or toddler.

Practitioner duties include a key-person role and sharing children's learning records with parents. This gives communication a purpose beyond reporting what happened that day: observations can connect nursery experiences with what a family notices at home. The role also includes responding to individual interests when planning activities.

In May 2022, parents received progress updates and guidance about supporting learning at home. Staff also contacted families promptly when children became unwell. At the same time, children practised managing everyday needs, including independent toileting for older children and recognising tiredness among babies. These are small steps, but they matter to the transition from adult-led care towards greater independence.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

At the May 2022 inspection, Ofsted found that staff adapted activities to children's interests and learning needs, responded sensitively to babies, and used observation and assessment to support progress. In May 2022, favourite resources were positioned around the baby room so children could reach and explore them independently. The physical arrangement supported movement as well as access to play.

Current staff arrangements include DBS checks, first-aid qualifications and continuing training opportunities. These are practical staffing measures, separate from the dated safeguarding judgement. No individual staff member's presence is needed to explain how those arrangements work.

Food is cooked on site by a chef, with nutritionist input into a vegetarian menu that changes each half term; the allergy procedure records dietary needs, shares them with kitchen and room staff, and refreshes the questionnaire every three months. The nursery says its meals contain no nuts, but it does not guarantee an environment free from particular allergens.

Sessions and Attendance

The address is 2 Blossomfield Road, Solihull, B91 1LD. Opening hours are 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, with bank holidays excluded. Full-time, full-day and half-day attendance are offered, with half days described as AM or PM sessions. Opening hours describe the operating window; the choice of attendance pattern is a separate booking decision.

Enquiries can be made through the contact form or by telephone on 0121 709 5802. Joining involves an online registration document followed by planning the child's settling sessions. For families balancing work and care, the important detail is how the chosen attendance pattern connects with the funded-hours arrangement below.

Funding and Paid Extras

Funded childcare and additional privately paid hours are offered. The funding terms distinguish care for children aged nine months to two years from funded hours for three- and four-year-olds. The fees and funding information sets out two options; current prices come in the nursery's written quotation.

Under the fully inclusive care package, the separately charged, non-mandatory package covers meals, drinks and snacks alongside nappies, wipes, cream and outings. For three- and four-year-old funded hours it also covers baking classes and seasonal activities. Funded hours under this option can be taken during term time or stretched, with a minimum attendance of two days each week.

Families opting out provide a lunch box under the nursery's lunch-box policy, plus nappies and wipes; trips and additional activities carry separate charges if families choose them. Under this option, funding is spread across the nursery's 50-week year over at least three full days, with the remaining portion of the third day paid privately. The food and consumables arrangement therefore depends on the option selected, rather than being universally included.

Parents provide infant formula. This remains a separate responsibility from the package covering other food and care supplies, and matters when comparing the practical cost and preparation involved in each arrangement.

• Funded attendance and extras. The inclusive package permits term-time or stretched funding with a two-day weekly minimum; opting out requires stretched funding across at least three full days, including a privately paid balance. Ask for a written quotation matching the option and attendance pattern you intend to use.
• Communication and lunchtime routines. In May 2022, younger children's dummy use was not consistently limited, parents needed more guidance about its effect on speech, and preschool children sometimes waited too long for lunch. During a visit, ask how dummy use and the preschool lunch routine are managed now.
• Allergy arrangements. Meals contain no nuts under the nursery's policy, but freedom from specific allergens is not guaranteed. Families affected by allergies should confirm current practice, including how their child's information reaches kitchen and room staff.
• Baby-room size and settling. Crawlers and Cruisers Room has a maximum of 15 babies, and settling can progress at the family's pace. A tour can help parents assess how play, rest and gradual separation work together for their child.

The Organic Nursery suits families seeking either full-day care or AM and PM half-day attendance, with a child-led settling process and separate spaces for different stages of development. The Bookworm Balcony and individual baby sleep arrangements give its play-based approach concrete form.

The Good judgement from May 2022 supplies a positive inspection baseline, while the dummy-use and lunchtime findings remain useful questions for a visit. The financial decision deserves equal attention: the two funded-care options change both what parents provide and the attendance commitment. For families comfortable with those terms, this is a nursery with clear room arrangements and a considered approach to starting care.