Full-day nursery in Mapperley, Nottingham
Wild Days Lodge
The Lodge, 544 The Wells Road, Nottingham, NG3 3AB · 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Lodge, 544 The Wells Road, Nottingham, NG3 3AB · More nurseries in NG3
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Ransom Road H&R, Elliott Durham Nature Area and Boynton Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Coppice Park7 min walk
- Woodthorpe Grange Park12 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground10 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 Nottingham there are about 4 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.
What parents say
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Wild Days Lodge is a full-day nursery at The Lodge, 544 The Wells Road, Nottingham, NG3 3AB, in Mapperley, Nottingham. It is registered for 26 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 10 reviews (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Days LodgeThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Mapperley Day NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.8 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Walter Halls Primary and Early Years School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.2 miles
- Porchester Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.5 miles
- St Ann's Well Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.9 miles
- Hogarth Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.9 miles
- Haydn Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.9 miles
- Westdale Infant and Nursery Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.9 miles
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.9 miles
- Mapperley Plains Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Wild Days Lodge's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Wild Days Lodge Good at its inspection on 2 February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Wild Days Lodge take?
Wild Days Lodge is registered with Ofsted for up to 26 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Wild Days Lodge?
High School is the nearest station we know of, 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Wild Days Lodge?
You can call 07942 497700 and visit wilddayslodge.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2680961 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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