Dean Park Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Bournemouth for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £8.40 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2019, with 63 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Rate per unfunded hour £8.40
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Children aged two (those that are eligible) and all those aged three to under five are entitled to early education funded sessions.
Worth knowing. We ‘stretch’ the 15 hours per week ‘term time only’ funding to cover the full year at 11 hours per week.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
BH1 1RBWhat 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, 17 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The consistent team of staff builds warm and trusting relationships with the children. Babies benefit from a nurturing environment, in which staff meet babies'
care routines consistently and provide close comfort for them to feel secure. Older children approach staff confidently when they need support and reassurance.
Children benefit from lots of active play to support their health and physical development. Babies learn to balance and walk in safe spaces. Older children shriek in delight while playing running games with staff, and they use tools to develop their small hand muscles, such as snipping dough with scissors.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- embed staff's practice even further to help each child reach their full learning potential n help younger children to learn the correct pronunciation of words to support their language development even further.
- 17 April 2024Good
- 31 July 2023Needs improvement
- 21 February 2023Inadequate
- 5 April 2022Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Dean Park Day Nursery
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £8.40 an hour 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.
- 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.
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