Early Steps Dudley
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Dudley for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2015, with 41 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
To Secure Your 2-4 Year Old Funded Place For September 2018 You MUST Register By 31st August.
What childcare usually costs in Dudley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Dudley from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
DY3 2NTWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
- 5 September 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 21 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy their time with the staff in this nursery. School-age children enjoy the opportunity to relax and play with their friends during the school holidays.
Children are happy and safe as they play, explore and learn. They thoroughly enjoy the opportunities for adventurous play and experiences outdoors. Staff teach older children how to jump safely from climbing equipment. Two-year-old children enjoy balancing at the top of a sloped wall and learn how to descend it safely.
Children make good progress and develop a wealth of useful skills that prepare them well for school. They are confident communicators. Conversations flow easily between staff and children. Babies use single words and gestures to make their needs and wishes known. Older children discuss their preferences, such as the various toppings they like on their pancakes. They develop interesting storylines in their role play.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - support staff to recognise when to adapt their teaching so that all children benefit from opportunities for their play and learning to be enhanced fully n extend the partnership working with other settings that children have previously attended to help gather comprehensive information about children's development when they start.
- 21 February 2023Good
- 20 December 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Early Steps Dudley
- What it costs
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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