Cotton Tails at Northfield

1110 Bristol Road, Northfield, Birmingham B31 2RE
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9.9 116 Reviews
  • 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.

Care Provided by Cotton Tails at Northfield

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care

Good to Know

  • 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
  • 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

Funding & Fees Guide for Cotton Tails at Northfield

  • 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.


Cotton Tails at Northfield Reviews (116)

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Cotton Tails at Northfield has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.929) out of 10, based on 26 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Cotton Tails at Northfield has 116 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter loves Cotton Tails and we are really happy with how all the team look after her and have helped her develop and grow. Thank you so much!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Both of my girls come here - we absolutely love this nursery. The staff treat them both like family. Lots of activities - the animal man has just visited with lots of different animals for the children to meet, they have lots of things for parents to join in with e.g. pancake day. Wouldn’t hesitate
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Fantastic nursery with lovely friendly, caring and approachable staff. My child has always enjoyed coming to nursery and he has experienced such a wide variety of learning through such amazing activities that the staff have provided for the children.
The nursery is always clean and inviting and I couldn’t
ask for a better nursery for my son to attend.


My husband doesn’t always get a chance to drop off or collect my child but he still feels involved in the nursery as they provide so many events and workshops for parents which are amazing.


I can’t praise it enough.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Having sent my eldest son here, there was no question that we would send our daughter. The staff are friendly and approachable and my daughter always comes home clean and happy.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son attended this nursery from 2010 to 2014 and thoroughly enjoyed his time spent at Cotton Tails. As a family, we were so impressed with the care our son was given, that our daughter now attends Cotton Tails. The staff are very kind and caring towards children and very attentive to individuals
needs and requirements. The rooms are kept extremely clean and are nice, bright and spacious with plenty to keep the children occupied. The outside area is safe, with lots of things for the children to play with. Upon dropping my daughter to nursery or collecting her, I notice the children are always participating in different types of play such as messy play, sensory development etc.
Upon collection after a long day spent at nursery, my daughter always has a smile on her face and comes skipping to greet me. She happily shares her day with me and always look forward to her next day to be spent at nursery. Cotton Tails is an amazing nursery providing the best possible care for our little ones.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Fantastic staff, attentive and supportive. I am a single mum and they are fully understanding on my personal situation and wanting the best set up for my son.


Would highly recommend to any family and friends


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Absolutely fantastic nursery the staff are brilliant with the children my little girl loves going to nursery, has made lots of friends, they are always doing lots of lovely activities like visiting the library.
I would definitely recommend to family & friends

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The staff at Cotton Tails are fantastic. Our daughter has developed vastly whilst being at the nursery with the help of the staff who are caring, friendly and conscientious. The nursery itself is spotless and maintained to a high standard.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Brilliant nursery really pleased with how far my daughter has become and staff really helpful and friendly.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Cotton Tails at Northfield have gone above and beyond expectations with their Christmas open evening. We were welcomed into a transformed nursery. Everywhere you turned was Christmassy it was brilliant for all ages.
Lots of fun activities to take part in and all the staff were so enthusiastic, kind
and helpful and all dressed up.
We even received a reply from Santa a few days after posting our letter on the evening!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The one aspects that really sets Cottontails above others in the area, is the attentive and caring staff. The staff are an absolute asset to this setting. The setting itself is spacious, well equipped and extremely clean. My children have really developed their self-awareness and confidence whilst
attending, which helps with the big step up to school - I would highly recommend.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Fabulous staff, always a happy and positive atmosphere. There is a wide variety of activities provided daily and lots of opportunities for parental involvement too.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has attended Cotton Tails since she was one year old in Tiny rooms and is now in School Room. She loves the staff and feels comfortable with all of them. I think it is great the way that the Nursery make sure a member of staff moves rooms with the children each year so that they can continue
that relationship. Thanks to Cotton Tails my daughter has developed her social skills with other children and has really come out of her shell, she is a confident and bright and loves to learn.


My son has now also started in Cotton Tails Baby room and I can't wait to see how he progresses. I have recommended the nursery and a couple of my friends now take their children to the nursery too and are very happy there.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

A great nursery, my daughter is very happy there. The staff are wonderful, very warm and caring, just what little ones need when they are away from their parent's all day. They are always coming up with new ideas for fun activities for the children too.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Everyone is friendly and helpful. My son is building confidence every month. I am more than happy.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My grandson is always settled happy and smiling when I pick him up. He tells me about his day at Cotton Tails and his friends, what he has done and what he has eaten. The contact with his key worker is good.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very enjoyable. The staff were very welcoming and very well organised.


The children seemed very happy and relaxed in their environment.


The activities were very well laid out and varied, offering a wide range for all the children.


A very happy experience.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Amazing nursery! I could not say a bad word about it. The staff are really nice and polite too. The activities the staff do with the children are really good and my daughter gets so much out of them. She only started nursery in February and her speech and confidence have improved incredibly. I cannot
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Cotton Tails is an excellent nursery. At the end of each day when I pick my child up the staff inform me about every detail of her day. The staff are very caring and I feel very confident that they provide excellent care for my daughter. The variety of activities provided each day is excellent and the
meals and snacks are also very good.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Excellent standards - nurturing, caring environment. Recognise each child as an individual with different needs. Focus on learning through lots of playtime and fun activities.

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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.929)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.929) out of 10 for Cotton Tails at Northfield is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 26 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 26 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:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.929 for Cotton Tails at Northfield is calculated as follows: ( (290 Excellents x 5) + (20 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 311 Ratings = 4.929

  • b) 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 26 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 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

    • ii) 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 26 Positive reviews. Points = 1

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • 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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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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