Bovington Nursery
Ofsted report card Dec 2025Takes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Bovington for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £31.10 a day for 2 yrs, and they take the funded hours. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in December 2025. Open since 2017, with 135 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated 30th March 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 2birth to 2y | £33.40 | £5.40Lunch Club £18.40Morning, 3 hrs | |
| Under 3birth to 3y | – | £12.50After nursery, 2 hrs | |
| 2 yrs2y to 3y | £31.10 | £5.10Lunch Club £16.95Morning, 3 hrs | |
| Over 33y to 5y | – | £11.65After nursery, 2 hrs | |
| 3 & 4 yrs3y to 4y | £29.00 | £15.90Morning, 3 hrs | |
| All ages | – | £6.25After nursery £6.45Before nursery |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £4.70 a session Lunch Club
Funded hours
Worth knowing. There is no top up fee for any child attending with government funding.
What childcare usually costs in Dorset
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Dorset 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
BH20 6FDWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
What 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.
- 8 December 2025Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
- 21 January 2020Good
Still missing for Bovington Nursery
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
- Is £31.10 a day still the rate? 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.