Full-day nursery in Dixon's Green, Dudley
Mother Nature Childcare Ltd
Kates Hill & Sledmere Children's Centre, Selborne Road, Dudley, DY2 8LJ · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since April 2021Reference 2630030Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 26 May 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places38 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 22 May 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Kates Hill & Sledmere Children's Centre, Selborne Road, Dudley, DY2 8LJ · More nurseries in DY2
Stations
- Flood Street (West Midlands Metro)10 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Dudley Interchange (West Midlands Metro)13 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Dudley Castle (West Midlands Metro)21 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including New Rowley Road, Blackacre Road and Green Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Buffery Park1 min walk
- Cawney Hill5 min walk
- The Hawthorns Field7 min walk
- Grazebrook Park7 min walk
- Wellspring Gardens Pocket Park8 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Dudley there are about 4.7 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
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Mother Nature Childcare Ltd is a full-day nursery at Kates Hill & Sledmere Children's Centre, Selborne Road, Dudley, DY2 8LJ, in Dixon's Green, Dudley. It is registered for 38 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Kates Hill Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.3 miles
- Sledmere Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.4 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.5 miles
- Beechwood Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2024 0.6 miles
- Blowers Green Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.6 miles
- Netherton Park Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected November 2022 0.8 miles
- Tividale Hall Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.8 miles
- Northfield Road Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Mother Nature Childcare Ltd's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Mother Nature Childcare Ltd Good at its inspection on 26 May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Mother Nature Childcare Ltd take?
Mother Nature Childcare Ltd is registered with Ofsted for up to 38 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Mother Nature Childcare Ltd?
Flood Street (West Midlands Metro) is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2630030 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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