Full-day nursery in Whitehouse Common, Birmingham
Playtime Nursery
131 Rectory Road, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B75 7RT · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
131 Rectory Road, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B75 7RT · More nurseries in B75
Stations
- Sutton Coldfield16 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including Rehabilitation Centre, Good Hope Hospital and West View Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Rectory Park1 min walk
- New Hall Valley Country Park11 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Birmingham there are about 3.8 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
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Playtime Nursery is a full-day nursery at 131 Rectory Road, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B75 7RT, in Whitehouse Common, Birmingham. It is registered for 47 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in September 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited.
Run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 300 nurseries.
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| Playtime NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Whitehouse Common Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.3 miles
- Hollyfield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.5 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.7 miles
- Town House Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery class 0.7 miles
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 1.0 miles
- Maney Hill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected January 2025 1.1 miles
- Coppice Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 1.2 miles
- New Hall Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 1.2 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Playtime Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Playtime Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 27 September 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Playtime Nursery take?
Playtime Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 47 children at any one time.
Who runs Playtime Nursery?
Playtime Nursery is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Playtime Nursery?
Sutton Coldfield is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY379611 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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