Haylands
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Portland for from 2 years 6 months up to school age, open 07:15 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £28.50 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2006, with 40 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 | £28.50All Day | £5.00After School 15.00 to 16.00, 1 hrs £6.50After School 16.00 to 17.00, 1 hrs £11.50Afternoon, 2.5 hrs £12.50Morning, 2.5 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.50 a session Breakfast 07:30 to 08.00
- £4.50 a session Breakfast 08:00 to 08.45
- £4.50 a session Lunch Club
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Registered to take funded 2 year olds; Up to 30 hour funding for eligible children; 15 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year.
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
DT5 2BDWhat 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, 5 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy immersing themselves in play and learning. They love mixing their own play dough, observing the changes in texture as they stir. Staff skilfully model vocabulary that children use to describe what is happening. Children enjoy reenacting events with staff. They go on imaginative adventures together to the
Sahara Desert. They look where they need to go on a map, plan what to take, pack their bag and travel on a pretend aeroplane. Playing outdoors is also a favourite among children. They stay physically active by digging heavy gravel into buckets, practising their balancing skills on the climbing frame and enjoy feeling part of a group by taking part in parachute games.
Children feel understood and valued. They feel part of a community as they participate in celebratory events with older children in the on-site school. Children form positive relationships with staff and other children. Staff make time to get to know each child individually, identify their needs and respond quickly by making necessary adaptations to the environment, particularly for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure that staff have high expectations of children during planned activities so that they can demonstrate their knowledge and skills to the best of their ability.
- 5 May 2023Good
- 10 October 2017Good
- 21 October 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Haylands
- 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.
- Is £28.50 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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