The Selly Oak Nursery School Land And Buildings
Charity 1192555
Overview
Summary
The Selly Oak Nursery School Land And Buildings appears to be a place-based educational infrastructure charity rather than a direct provider of nursery education. Its role is to safeguard a long-term physical setting for early-years education by owning and maintaining premises leased to Birmingham City Council for Selly Oak Nursery School. The organisation’s impact is therefore likely to depend on a close operational relationship with the school and council, using stewardship of land and buildings as its principal contribution to children’s learning environment.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Bournbrook and Selly Park
Confidence: low
Direct evidence identifies the charity's sole property as Selly Oak Nursery School. The school confirms that it currently provides nursery education, childcare and out-of-school provision. The charity's stated purpose is specifically to safeguard and enhance this school's land and buildings for children in the Selly Oak area. However, the available evidence does not directly establish that the school is within the Bournbrook and Selly Park ward.
- Charity Commission record and 2024-25 annual accounts for charity 1192555
The charity's correspondence address is Selly Oak Nursery School, Selly Oak, Birmingham; its object is to advance education for pupils at Selly Oak Nursery School by safeguarding and enhancing the school land and buildings. - Charity Commission record: What, who, how, where
The charity reports that it provides buildings, facilities or open space for children and young people, and records Birmingham City as its area of operation. - Selly Oak Nursery School official website
The school states that it provides education and childcare for three- and four-year-old children, gives its location as Selly Oak, Birmingham, and advertises current breakfast, after-school and out-of-school provision. - Birmingham City Council: New ward maps - 2024
The council publishes Bournbrook and Selly Park as a current ward in south Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission classifies the charity as operating in Birmingham City, but the available evidence does not show that it owns, manages or supports sites elsewhere in Birmingham.
- The charity's operational role is principally property stewardship rather than direct education delivery: Birmingham City Council is stated to lease the property for use by Selly Oak Nursery School. The precise current lease terms and division of operational responsibilities were not independently verified.
- The school website refers to children living in the Selly Oak area, but does not define a catchment or demonstrate that the charity's activity extends across a wider district.
- The available evidence does not directly establish that Selly Oak Nursery School is within the Bournbrook and Selly Park ward.
Additional evidence needed
- A current lease or property schedule confirming whether the charity owns or leases any land or buildings other than the Selly Oak Nursery School site.
- A current annual report or trustee report describing any capital works, facilities projects or partnerships beyond Selly Oak Nursery School.
- School or council documentation identifying the present admissions catchment or geographic profile of families served, if a more precise beneficiary geography is required.
Areas of work
- Other Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
An enabling charity rather than a frontline provider
The charity appears to support children indirectly: its principal mechanism is providing the school site and facilities, while Birmingham City Council operates the school through the lease.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation from education charities that deliver programmes themselves. Its effectiveness is likely to be shaped by asset stewardship, lease arrangements and responsiveness to the school’s changing premises needs.
Show evidence
“We currently lease the property to Birmingham City Council for the use of Selly Oak Nursery School.”
Source:Organisation“Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its educational mission is anchored in a specific place
The charity appears unusually geographically focused: it exists to protect the educational environment of one school site in the Selly Oak area, rather than to pursue a broad educational remit.
Why it matters
This suggests that continuity, quality and suitability of a local early-years setting may be its central strategic value. It may hold locally specific knowledge and a long-term stake in the area’s educational infrastructure.
Show evidence
“TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PUPILS AT SELLY OAK NURSERY SCHOOL BY SAFEGUARDING AND ENHANCING THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE SCHOOL LAND AND BUILDINGS.”
Source:Charity Commission“The Charity provides the land and buildings for the benefit of children's education in the Selly Oak Area.”
Source:Organisation
The charity’s contribution may be relational as well as physical
Its stated close working relationship with the school suggests the premises are not treated solely as a passive leased asset; the charity may adapt stewardship decisions to educational needs.
Why it matters
This points to a potential bridge between property governance and educational practice. Understanding how this relationship works could reveal whether the charity can help the school respond to changing requirements for children’s learning spaces.
Show evidence
“We work closely with the school to ensure that the property provides a wonderful educational setting for children.”
Source:Organisation“Selly Oak Nursery School has existed on the site since the property was built.”
Source:Organisation
- The charity's ownership structure, financial capacity and responsibility for repairs or capital improvements are not described.
- It is unclear how the school, council and charity make decisions about the site or identify changing educational needs.
- There is no evidence about the condition, accessibility or wider community use of the buildings and grounds.
Remaining uncertainties
- Lease terms and governance documents showing maintenance, investment and decision-making responsibilities.
- Recent accounts, property plans or condition reports showing the scale and direction of investment.
- Evidence from the school or council about how the premises affect children, staff and local families.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The Charity provides the land and buildings for the benefit of children's education in the Selly Oak Area. We currently lease the property to Birmingham City Council for the use of Selly Oak Nursery School which has existed on the site since the property was built. We work closely with the school to ensure that the property provides a wonderful educational setting for children.
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PUPILS AT SELLY OAK NURSERY SCHOOL BY SAFEGUARDING AND ENHANCING THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE SCHOOL LAND AND BUILDINGS.