Jack In The Box Day Nursery (Wigan) Ltd
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Wigan for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £64.35 a day for 2-4 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2015, with 51 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Minimum 5 days a week, price list dated April 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4 yearsbirth to 4y | – | £42.35Half day Am/Pm 7.30am – 1pm or 1pm – 6pm, 5.5 hrs £43.459am – 3pm, 6 hrs | – | – | |
| 0-2 years oldbirth to 2y | £67.65Daily full 7.30am – 6pm | – | – | £320.00no funding | |
| 2-4 years2y to 4y | £64.35Daily full 7.30 – 6pm | – | – | £300.00no funding | |
| All ages | – | – | £10.00 | – |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £5.00 a session Funding Sessions under 2’s
- £2.00 a session Funding sessions over 2’s
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Worth knowing. Funding Sessions under 2’s £5 per session; Funding sessions over 2’s £2 per session.
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
WN2 5EGWhat 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, 6 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children make exceptional progress in this extremely calm nursery. Staff greet all children with genuine smiles and warmth. The registration process incorporates group discussions about how everyone is feeling. Children build on their understanding of emotional literacy and empathy. Children are incredibly respectful towards adults and their peers. Older children look at birds' nests with binoculars and are active in their learning. They discuss the characteristics of a bird, describing its feathers, beak and how it hatches. Staff skilfully introduce new vocabulary, such as regurgitate, to expand children's vocabulary. Children make real-world connections that foster curiosity and a deeper understanding of nature and the world around them.
Managers and staff have designed a highly ambitious and carefully structured curriculum to ensure that all children build upon their existing knowledge. For example, staff intentionally encourage toddlers to explore textures and make different movements with play dough, such as to squash, squeeze and roll. They discuss the speed of horses and suggest that cows may want some oats to eat in a farm activity. Staff support children's vocabulary growth and imaginative thinking.
For example, they introduce descriptive words such as fast, big and little. Children begin to express themselves more freely and engage socially. They build essential communication skills in a fun and meaningful way. Babies demonstrate secure attachments as they greet visitors with a wave. They access books independently and snuggle up to their key person for a story. Babies explore with their senses as they squash fruits and herbs with rolling pins. They begin to develop an early understanding of cause and effect as the fruit juices ooze out.
- 6 February 2025Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 27 February 2019Good
- 15 February 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Jack In The Box Day Nursery (Wigan) Ltd
- 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.
- Is £64.35 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.
- 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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