Bumblebees Community Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Wigan for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £65.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2005, with 29 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £65.00Core day | £30.00Morning or Afternoon, 5 hrs |
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours government-funded childcare for eligible families; Funded places from 9 months+.
What childcare usually costs in Wigan
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Wigan 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
WN3 6SBWhat 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, 14 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy their time at this welcoming and inclusive nursery. Staff greet children with warm interactions. This helps children to settle quickly and feel safe and secure. Children develop extremely strong attachments with their key person. The manager and staff keep children's well-being and enjoyment at the centre of everything they do. They talk to children in a calm and respectful manner, gently reminding them about the need to share and take turns. Children are developing an awareness of their emotions and are caring towards each other.
There is a wide range of interesting and inviting resources, both inside and outside.
Children are very familiar with the nursery's established routines and they move freely from one area of learning to another, just as it interests them. They show good levels of concentration and are eager to learn. For example, children thoroughly enjoy tracing over shapes. They talk to staff, naming the various shapes. Staff continually praise the children, which successfully promotes their selfesteem. A board displays the children's artwork and encourages them to feel confident in their own abilities. Children make decisions about their play and learn to manage their own personal care needs. They quickly become independent.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to use opportunities throughout the day to practise key skills with children, to support narrowing gaps in children's learning n strengthen the arrangements for the supervision of staff, to identify clear targets that support them to further enhance their teaching skills.
- 14 March 2023Good
- 14 September 2017Good
- 22 October 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bumblebees Community Nursery
- 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.
- Is £65.00 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.
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