Rhymes Nursery (Dudley)
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Dudley for babies from 9 months 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 January 2023. Open since 2008, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Up to 15 or 30 hours of free childcare per week, for children aged 9 months, 2, 3, and 4.
Worth knowing. No, we do not charge for consumables. However, daily meals are optional and can be arranged directly with the Nursery Manager. Additionally, extra-curricular activities provided by outside professionals are available but optional, with rates varying based on the service.
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
DY1 2BGWhat 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.
Ofsted inspector, 26 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Babies and children are happy and settled in the care of the staff, who are attentive and nurturing towards the children. Babies enjoy cuddles from staff and older children thoroughly enjoy playing chasing games with staff outdoors. Staff have high expectations of children. Children understand the rules and boundaries, and they behave well. Toddlers wait patiently with staff, so they can descend the outdoor steps safely, one at a time.
Children are very interested in books and print. Pre-school children enjoy sharing their personalised books and talking about their family. They read logos confidently and know that these represent individual restaurants, streaming services and toy brands. Younger children recall scenes from familiar stories and recreate these. For example, they mix plastic ants and beetles in a cauldron to make a potion. They enjoy reading books to themselves and with staff.
Children progress well with their communication and language development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- extend the arrangements for monitoring staff to identify where their practice can be extended even further and to inform plans for training n enhance the planning for children's learning environments, so that these accurately reflect the provider's ambitious curriculum and fully motivate children.
- 26 January 2023Good
- 26 September 2017Good
- 21 August 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Rhymes Nursery (Dudley)
- What it costs
- Nappies
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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