Chrysalis Montessori Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Wimborne for children from birth to 5, open 08:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2014, with 25 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We accept all forms of Government funding and childcare payment schemes.
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
BH21 2HNWhat 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, 28 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are developing a love of reading. They gather around staff and listen intently to stories being told. Older children remember familiar characters and phrases from favourite stories. Younger children enjoy talking about what they can see in the pictures of the books. Children choose and swap books to take home to read, which enhances their early reading skills.
Children enjoy their time outdoors, and most of them engage in group activities.
They copy the actions of staff and learn how to warm up before physical activities.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's teaching skills to enable them to build on their interactions with all children, including those who are quieter and less confident, to extend their knowledge and learning n improve the effectiveness of the key-person arrangements, to ensure that all children can build secure bonds to support their emotional well-being, particularly around arrival times.
- 28 February 2023Good
- 10 May 2017Good
- 12 May 2016Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Chrysalis Montessori Nursery
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- 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.
- 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.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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