Nurseries

About our nurseries

We understand that young children learn through play. Our activities are based on professional research into the learning needs of young children. During each session your child will have the opportunity to enjoy lots of stimulating and exciting play activities, develop a wide range of pre-school skills and have great fun at the same time!

We provide a welcoming and friendly environment for children and their families. The nurseries are well resourced with qualified staff and appropriate equipment to provide a quality setting in which we can work alongside your child to develop their potential.

Session times:

Morning session: 8.45am-11.45am
Afternoon session: 12.45pm-3.45pm

Information for parents

Please click here for useful information about our nurseries.

Chargeable Extras

Both nurseries allow the use of Tax Free Childcare or Universal Credit Childcare to claim back some of the costs. Please speak to management or go to https://www.gov.uk/guidance/univer

sal-credit-childcare-costs for more information.

Where to find us

Mini Springers is located within The Springfield Centre and Park Road Nursery is located at Park Road, adjacent to Sparkhill Park. You can find our contact details and location maps here.

Apply for a place

A government-funded 2-year-old place is available for families in England who receive some forms of support.

The eligibility criteria can be found on this website:

https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/free-childcare-2-year-olds

If parents are working and do not meet the above criteria, they may be eligible for the working entitlement for 2 year olds. You can find information in the working entitlement section.

Children aged 3 and over are eligible for 15 hours of free childcare per week, which we provide as morning or afternoon sessions, Monday to Friday. This is funded by the Government. Children must attend regularly otherwise your place may be allocated to someone else.

Eligibility for 30 hours: From September 2025, eligible working parents can access up to 30 hours of funded childcare for children aged 9 months and older until they start school. You must be a working parent and meet the eligibility criteria set by the government. Parents can apply for working entitlement and set up a childcare account to access the funded hours.
For more detailed information, you can refer to the official government resources or Birmingham City Council’s website.

We also offer places for families who do not qualify for any form of funding, for £125 per week. This fee includes 15 hours of care, which may be scheduled as either five mornings or five afternoons.

We ask all families to attend regularly, and to let the nursery know if they will not be able to attend. Additionally, if a parent does not contact the nursery and all emergency contacts are unreachable, the nursery will implement its safeguarding policy.

Unexpected closures

If we do decide to close for any reason, such as bad weather, we will text parents to let them know.

Useful links

Healthy Start Vouchers

With Healthy Start, you get free vouchers every week to spend on milk, plain fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables, and infant formula milk. You can also get free vitamins. To find out more please follow the link below. Please share and promote this with parents in your setting as many people are entitled to but not taking up their vouchers.

www.healthystart.nhs.uk

www.youtube.com/user/minispringers

startwellbirmingham.co.uk

www.nhs.uk/healthier-families/recipes/healthier-lunchboxes/

startwellbirmingham.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/7.-Packed-Lunch-Food-Traffic-Light-Ideas.pdf