Cotton Tails at Northfield

1110 Bristol Road, Northfield, Birmingham B31 2RE
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  • Cotton Tails at Northfield, Birmingham
Cotton Tails Day Nursery provides private day care for children 0-5 years old. The nursery is open Mon – Fri, 7.30am - 6pm, 52 weeks of the year excluding bank holidays.

Cotton Tails has been rated OUTSTANDING in its last three Ofsted reports. Staff pride themselves on providing a caring and safe environment that treats every child as an individual, balancing play and learning and helping them to develop to their full potential.

Cotton Tails Nursery has been open since August 1996, originally a much smaller premises, but with the demand of the childcare sector Cotton Tails has grown over the past years. In January 2013, it opened its doors to a whole new wing, now complete with extensive bright and vibrant rooms having everything available for both child and nursery practitioner.

Cotton Tails is renowned for its close parent partnership making care a complete circle, with the child in the centre.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Michelle Young (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 19

Total Places for Children

  • 100

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Funding & Fees

  • Full day rates:
    0-2 years - £78.45
    2 year olds - £76.75
    3 year olds - £75.00
    If you would be accessing the Government funding, please phone the nursery for the prices with this deducted.


    It is a minimum of 2 days when booking a place with us.
    Prices include nappies, freshly made meals.
    EXCLUDES baby formula milk.

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays

Cotton Tails at Northfield Reviews (122)

9.9

Cotton Tails at Northfield has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.916) out of 10, based on 30 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Cotton Tails at Northfield has 122 reviews.

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Review from H M (Mother of Child) published on 5 February 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been going to Cotton Tails for about 3 years now. I have watched him make new friends and learn some great skills. While being at Cotton Tails my son's confidence has grown which helps him not only within the nursery but with other things outside in our day to day life. I was very proud of
him today as he wrote his name and the staff always encourage him.
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Review from Simon L (Father of Child) published on 7 August 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are absolutely delighted with our decision to send our son to Cotton Tails Day Nursery. There's a real buzz about the place. The facilities are bright, colourful and clean. All the staff have a friendly, caring, enthusiastic and positive attitude. They have made a notable positive contribution to
all areas of his development in the 15 months he's been attending. He loves his time at Cotton Tails and is developing into a confident, outgoing, bubbly child. We highly recommend them.
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.916)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.916) out of 10 for Cotton Tails at Northfield is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 30 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 30 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.916 for Cotton Tails at Northfield is calculated as follows: ( (328 Excellents x 5) + (28 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 357 Ratings = 4.916
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Cotton Tails at Northfield is based on 30 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 100 number of registered child places is 20, which has been reached with 30 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Meet the Team (1)

Michelle

Michelle Young

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2000

My name is Michelle Young, I am the manager at Cotton Tails Nursery. I have worked at Cotton Tails since June 2000 where I worked in the Pre-School room and then later worked in the Tinie Room which I thoroughly enjoyed.


I became the manager in 2009 which was a completely new role for me but I really enjoyed the challenge. During this time, I went on to complete my NVQ3 in Leadership and Management which has helped me in the role.


Over the years, I have grown to love my role as a manager, especially seeing all of the children grow and develop, then move on to big school.


One of my biggest aims as the manager was to maintain our OUTSTANDING Ofsted grade as it was my first Ofsted as a manager. This goal was achieved in March 2014 when we were rated OUTSTANDING for a second time. I am enjoying the challenge and enjoy working with a great team.


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