Redbury Jelly Babies Playgroup
Charity 1040732
Overview
Summary
Redbury Jelly Babies Playgroup appears to be a locally rooted early-years provider whose role extends beyond childcare into parent involvement and inclusive family support. Its model combines funded pre-school places, regulated provision and partnership with parents, delivered from a community venue. The charity’s objects suggest an ambition to make early-years groups sites of shared responsibility, learning and local advocacy, although the available evidence does not show how fully this broader ambition is realised in practice.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Rubery and Rednal
Confidence: high
The charity’s current Charity Commission return explicitly states that it operates from Longbridge Methodist Church. Ofsted identifies the registered childcare provider as operating from the same church premises in Rednal, and Birmingham City Council places Longbridge Methodist Church Hall within Rubery & Rednal Ward.
- Charity Commission register, Redbury Jelly Babies Playgroup (charity 1040732), financial year ended 31 March 2025
The charity states: "We operate from Longbridge Methodist Church." - Ofsted, Jelly Babies Pre-School & Nursery, URN 509484
The provider is listed as open and registered at Longbridge Methodist Church in Rednal, Birmingham. - Birmingham City Council, notice of poll and polling stations for Rubery & Rednal Ward
Longbridge Methodist Church Hall is listed as a polling station in Rubery & Rednal Ward.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence establishes one current delivery site in Rednal but does not establish a defined beneficiary catchment or show that children are drawn from particular additional wards.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the charity’s area of operation, but this is not sufficient evidence of citywide service delivery; the available operational evidence supports a single neighbourhood-based site.
- The charity reports working in partnership with parents/carers. This indicates service-delivery practice rather than a partnership that materially extends its geographic footprint.
- The Charity Commission and Ofsted records both identify Longbridge Methodist Church; the evidence does not indicate separate sites.
Additional evidence needed
- A current timetable, prospectus or provider directory entry confirming whether any sessions are delivered away from Longbridge Methodist Church.
- Current information on enrolment catchment, referral arrangements or funded-place agreements to determine whether operational reach extends beyond the immediate Rednal/Rubery neighbourhood.
- A recent annual report or trustees’ report with narrative detail on venues, partnerships and service locations.
Areas of work
- Education/training
Who they help
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Provides Human Resources
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A parent-partnership model, not only a childcare service
The organisation appears to frame parents and carers as active participants in children’s early development rather than solely as service users. Its charitable objects suggest this participation is intended to extend to involvement in the group itself.
Why it matters
This indicates that the playgroup may build family capability and local relationships alongside delivering early education, potentially making its contribution broader than a conventional nursery place.
Show evidence
“We work in partnership with parents/carers.”
Source:Organisation“Encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups.”
Source:Charity Commission“The right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups.”
Source:Charity Commission
Inclusion is embedded in its stated purpose
The organisation appears designed to serve a mixed early-years population, including children with disabilities, rather than treating inclusion as a separate specialist offer.
Why it matters
This may position the playgroup as an accessible local setting where early support, participation and social connection can occur before school age.
Show evidence
“Who the charity helps: Children/young People, People With Disabilities.”
Source:Charity Commission“Ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability.”
Source:Charity Commission
It may act as a bridge into publicly funded early education
By offering places for two- to five-year-olds and using available funding entitlements, the playgroup appears to connect local families with formal early-years provision during a key transition period before school.
Why it matters
This suggests its local value may depend partly on reducing barriers to participation for families eligible for funded hours, while creating continuity between home, community and school.
Show evidence
“We cater for children aged 2 yrs to 5 yrs.”
Source:Organisation“LEA funding is available up to 30 hours per week for 3-4year olds and 15 hours for eligible 2 year old.”
Source:Organisation“We operate in accordance with the EYFS and are OFsted registered.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether the playgroup provides practical support or adaptations for disabled children.
- How many families use the service, and whether it reaches families facing financial, cultural or other barriers.
- Whether the church venue creates wider partnerships with community organisations or is primarily a premises arrangement.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent service data on enrolment, funded-place use, waiting lists and beneficiary needs.
- Evidence of parent participation, family learning, inclusion practice and local partnerships.
- Inspection findings or a recent annual report describing delivery outcomes and challenges.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
We cater for children aged 2 yrs to 5 yrs. We operate in accordance with the EYFS and LEA funding is available up to 30 hours per week for 3-4year olds and 15 hours for eligible 2 year old. We work in partnership with parents/carers. . We operate from Longbridge Methodist Church and are OFsted registered.
Charity objects
The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by: (a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability; (b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas; (c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.