Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school, St Edwards (Selly Park)

St Edwards School, Raddlebarn Road, Selly Park, Birmingham B29 7DB
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  • Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school, St Edwards (Selly Park), Birmingham
At Little Pioneers St Edwards, they work together with parents to make sure that each child has the support they need by having close relationships with their parents and guardians. They have regular workshops, parents' evenings and forums.

They have 5 Little Pioneers who help share their core values with children from encouraging them to express their feelings to making a difference in the world. They have a ParentZone app which keeps parents/carers informed about life at nursery with photos from their day, assessments, meals eaten and even toilet training progress!

They are big on safety and that's why ALL their staff are paediatric first aid trained. They are silver eco schools accredited, a programme that sees children lead the way in making little changes that deliver big environmental differences.

They are also big on happy children so they have areas for growing food (and eating it), regular visits to local care homes and take care of each other and the world.

Located on the outskirts of leafy Selly Park in Birmingham, Little Pioneers St Edwards provides high quality, innovative childcare for children up to the age of five. The nursery is set in a converted Victorian school with its own Forest School nearby.

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Care Provided by Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school, St Edwards (Selly Park)

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

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Helen Cator (Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 36
  • Total Places for Children
  • 124
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:30-18:30
    Tuesday 07:30-18:30
    Wednesday 07:30-18:30
    Thursday 07:30-18:30
    Friday 07:30-18:30
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays

Funding & Fees Guide for Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school, St Edwards (Selly Park)

  • (0-2) Full day £76.75 / Half Day £44.25
    (2-3) Full day £73.00 / Half Day £42.00
    (3-5) Full day £71.75 / Half Day £41.25

  • A range of flexible, ethical finance options available
    Short Days (8am-6pm) & School Days (9am-3pm) Offered

Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school, St Edwards (Selly Park) Reviews (80)

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Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school, St Edwards (Selly Park) has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.535) out of 10, based on 16 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school, St Edwards (Selly Park) has 80 reviews.

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Review from Sharon B (Mother of Child) published on 1 July 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

The nursery have been fantastic with our daughter (18 months) who has attended since September 2019 and loves it there. The manager and the whole team have made her feel very welcome. We have noticed a positive difference in her speech and general abilities while being there which we hope continues.
Importantly, she seems very happy and positive about being there which is really important to us both working parents. They were particularly supportive during the time of the pandemic which was very appreciated.

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Review from Helen M (Grandmother of Child) published on 11 March 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Little Pioneers has been wonderful for my grandson. From the age of 2 and a half years to 4 years old, he has benefited from the care and attention he has received there. The staff have been terrific: patient, caring and supportive. Nothing has been too much trouble and every child is treated as an
individual. We consider ourselves very fortunate to have found Little Pioneers.

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Review from Anke K (Mother of Child) published on 9 March 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very good emphasis on learning and preparing children for school. The activities are great. The staff are very kind with the children and set a good standard of expected behaviour.

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Review from Sam F (Mother of Child) published on 8 October 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our little girl was just under 7 months old when she started and we were going through a phase of her being upset with everyone and anyone, including family if she could not see me or her dad. Since attending this nursery, her confidence has grown so much, she’s a happy little baby that now waves at
me if she knows I’m going somewhere. Being at the nursery has also given us a much better day time routine and I am very grateful for this. She’s eating a wider variety of food, she gets to play outside and interact with other children, we have noticed she’s been coming home having learned new skills such as waving and dancing. When we drop her off in the morning, she will now put her arms out to the staff in her room and is willing to go to them with a smile. It makes my working day much more bearable knowing she is happy where she is.

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Review from M B (Mother of Child) published on 30 August 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The staff are amazing, they have really helped to get our son settled into the nursery. They often hold workshops and sometimes it's on the weekend so that we both can attend. We feel that our son has learnt so much already.

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Review from Peter S (Father of Child) published on 29 April 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has attended Little Pioneers for 18 months. He is now 3 years old and in the Pre-school room.
He loves to get stuck into a variety of activities and they are allowed plenty of independent play outdoors. They have lots of educational play activities and learning to play with other children. He
has made a good group of friends who he loves to talk about. The staff are very much a safe pair of hands, always friendly and supportive, comforting for our son and reassuring for us as parents to know our children are being supported emotionally as well as looked after.

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Review from Gem N (Mother of Child) published on 17 April 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Excellent nursery with kind, caring and attentive staff. My 21 month old son settled extremely well and the facilities, food and activities are brilliant. I like how they get the parents involved and arrange coffee mornings and activities sessions for parents to attend too.

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Review from Hollie F (Mother of Child) published on 11 April 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son absolutely loves nursery and has done since starting just before his 1st birthday. Now in preschool, he continues to enjoy his time. His activities are broad and engaging. Staff are welcoming and I feel most of his staff know him well. It’s clear he likes them.
Nursery could just improve on
the communication side of things. Returning phone calls and emails, informing about events in advance, fixing the formatting of the newsletter so it can be read, for example. However, this seems better with the new manager.

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Review from Anna (Mother of Child) published on 10 April 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Fabulous!! We are very happy with the care our two children receive at this nursery; the staff are caring, attentive and the environment is wonderful. The activities are varied, inventive, creative and stimulating. No hesitation in recommending whatsoever!

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Review from E F (Mother of Child) published on 10 April 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Staff within the Little Creators 1 room are friendly and attentive and create a lovely atmosphere within the nursery. It makes drop-offs a pleasant experience and the one time my daughter was a little upset one of the staff members thoughtfully sent me an app update of her happily tucking into breakfast
after I had left which was wonderful to see. The use of the app to share information and photos of activities during the day is great and gives a real insight into the messy play and exploring they get up to at nursery. Any questions I have are always answered rapidly and any special requirements are managed with ease.

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Review from Stacey K (Mother of Child) published on 4 April 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Little Pioneers are a great team. My daughter has attended from 4 months old and I have always been very happy with how caring the staff are. There is always something fun and educational for the children to do, suiting the age and my daughter loves the staff here! I haven’t used a nursery before with
my older children, so I was a bit nervous when starting out but I have complete faith in the staff here now and couldn’t recommend them highly enough.

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Review from L M (Mother of Child) published on 4 April 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has thrived since starting nursery two days per week. The staff are attentive, friendly and caring and the nursery is stimulating, organised and clean!


Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to others.


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Review from Sam F (Mother of Child) published on 4 April 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

St Edward's is an amazing nursery. We got a fabulous feeling for it the minute we looked around it and we've never lost it. Our son is so so happy here, the staff are amazing and I really would recommend it to everyone.

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Review from H P (Mother of Child) published on 4 April 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Things were very unsettled at the nursery whilst it was being taken over by The Co-op and I considered moving my child. However recently - huge improvements. They have recruited enthusiastic, caring staff who seem to genuinely enjoy their jobs. Staff retention has improved (after a mass exodus with
the take over), agency staff reduced. It is very much a chain nursery - there are policies which I feel don't put the child at the centre, however, this is compensated for by common sense and caring staff. The building and outside space are lovely and used frequently. Staff from all the rooms seem to know the names of all the children so movement between rooms. Recently the chef has been catering extremely well for dietary requirements meaning all the children can safely eat a variation of the same food. The activities are very good, however, I understood that forest school was offered but I don't think it's happening - very disappointing. My child is extremely happy at this nursery.

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Review from Jenny W (Mother of Child) published on 4 April 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Excellent provision of activities for children suitable for their age and development. High standard of care provided from staff and good rapport with staff and children. Excellent communication from staff to ensure children feel settled into the nursery and to work in partnership with families to meet
children's normal routine and needs. Nursery has a very varied 4 week rolling menu season dependent which provides healthy and nutritious meals choices.

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Review from Suzanne M (Mother of Child) published on 4 April 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

St Edwards is a fantastic nursery. The staff are friendly, caring and engaging. Both my eldest who is now at school and my son have attended the nursery. The environment is stimulating and fun, the outside space is great for exploring and the food is great. Highly recommend.

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Review from Natalie B (Mother of Child) published on 31 December 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Today we took our son to the breakfast with Santa event. We had such a lovely morning! There were so many fun games and activities for our son to do. His favourite was playing with the reindeer food. He got to meet Santa too! What really impressed us though was that the staff were all there joining
in and smiling as much as usual when they probably wanted to be relaxing at home after working so hard all week!

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Review from Vanessa R (Mother of Child) published on 28 November 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Nothing but positivity for the staff in the purple room and First Steps Nursery. My 11-month-old is so happy spending his days there in the care of the amazing staff. He is loved and cared for and I couldn't be any happier. My first born attended First Steps before starting school this September and
every day we come to pick up my son. She is super excited to see the staff who cared for her during her time here. Everyone is very friendly and super experienced. I would have no hesitation in recommending.

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Review from Manamohan R (Father of Child) published on 30 October 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5

The nursery team have failed to repay my payment which I overpaid by mistake. In spite of repeated requests they have not paid me.


The standard of care has deteriorated in the last 1 year as good staff have left. The management is not trustworthy and doesn't keep up to their words.


They did not

prepare my child well for the reception year. Although the fees are expensive, the standard is not great.

Reply from Suzanne Bissell at Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school, St Edwards (Selly Park)

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. Firstly we would like to apologise for any inconvenience and issues you have experienced while your child has been in our care. Rest assured your feedback has been taken on board and we are taking the necessary steps to ensure this doesn’t happen again.


As you are aware we have recently undergone staffing changes and are working hard to try and provide a smooth transitional period in the nursery. In response to these problems, we’ve ensured our staff attend further training, and a new, experienced Nursery Manager is starting with us shortly. A full refund of the over payment has now been issued. The management team here at St Edwards take parents' complaints and issues seriously and make every effort possible to action these as and when they arise.


Our Preschool focus is solely on getting the children school ready. We have a number of schemes set up to help the children become school ready such as Read Write Inc and the Ayla bikes programme tailored specifically to our nurseries and the children we cater for. Again, we are very sorry to hear of the concerns you have raised in this review, we regret that you felt unable to raise these concerns with nursery staff prior to your child leaving for school as we would have worked together to ensure your concerns were fully listened to and acted upon. The nursery has had recent staffing changes due to colleagues pursuing other career paths but all new staff are fully trained to the high standard we believe we hold here at St Edwards. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the nursery in the future if you would like any further information or would like to discuss this further.


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Review from Nicola R (Mother of Child) published on 10 October 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Our daughter loves going to nursery, she does lots of different activities and there are always great pictures of the fun that she is having.
We get regular updates of how she is doing and things that we can look for/support with at home so that she is getting consistent care.
She always eats well
and comes home with lots to tell us about her day - mostly food related.

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Current Review Score: 9.5 (9.535)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.5 (9.535) out of 10 for Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school, St Edwards (Selly Park) 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 16 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.6 out of 5 from 16 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 4.890 for Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school, St Edwards (Selly Park) is calculated as follows: ( (170 Excellents x 5) + (21 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 191 Ratings = 4.89

  • 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 4.645 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school, St Edwards (Selly Park) is based on 16 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 124 number of registered child places is 24.8. 16 Positive Reviews ÷ 24.8 = 0.645

  • 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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