Ringwood Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Ringwood for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £79.00 a day for 2 – 3 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2004, with 78 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated 1st April 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 – 2 yearsbirth to 2y | £84.00Full Time £89.00 | £50.00Afternoon, 5 hrs £56.00Mornings, 5 hrs | |
| 2 – 3 years2y to 3y | £79.00Full Time £84.00 | £47.00Afternoon, 5 hrs £53.00Mornings, 5 hrs | |
| 3 – 4 years3y to 4y | £74.00Full Time £79.00 | £44.00Afternoon, 5 hrs £49.00Mornings, 5 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.00 a day Consumablesincludes Sun cream, sun hat, water bottle, all in one
- £4.50 a session Food Packages: Afternoonincludes Two course tea
- £5.00 a day Early start
- £10.00 a session Food Packages: Morningincludes breakfast, snack and two course lunch
- £14.50 a day Food Packages: Full Dayincludes breakfast, snack, two course lunch and two course
Discounts
- 50% Holiday Discountequivalent of two weeks calculated pro rate; written notice of 6 weeks
- 5% Sibling discountwhen combined attendance is equal to 5 full days a week or more
- £100.00 Referral rewardRefer a friend or colleague to the nursery
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours childcare for children aged 9 months and over; 30 hours funding for 3 and 4 year olds; 2 year old funding for families in receipt of benefits.
Worth knowing. If your child attends for more than the funded time or uses the nurseries additional services, supplementary costs will be applied and are dependent on the sessions attended, (a copy of our additional service charges is available on request).
What childcare usually costs in Hampshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hampshire 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
BH24 1RRWhat 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 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the setting with a big smile and an eagerness to learn. They separate from parents with ease and quickly engage in interesting activities.
Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure in the care of kind and respectful staff. Babies approach staff frequently, showing their toys and inviting staff into their play. Staff value children's nonverbal cues, voices and opinions as they gain consent from children before they engage in children's personal care.
Staff support children's early literacy skills well through a range of activities that reflect children's stage of learning. For example, babies demonstrate their growing love of books as they independently choose stories that interest them. They concentrate intently as they turn pages, lift flaps and babble at the pictures. Staff place a strong emphasis on books, attractively displaying a wide selection for children to choose from. Pre-school children have lots of opportunities to see text within their environment. Staff help older children make connections within their learning as they start to link letters and sounds. This helps prepare children well for future reading and writing.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- make sure all staff have a secure understanding of what they want children to learn from planned activities and that teaching is effective at delivering the intended learning to the highest quality n strengthen the organisation of some routines so that younger children do not have to wait unnecessarily before they are able to eat their meals.
- 28 November 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 29 October 2019Outstanding
- 1 May 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ringwood Day Nursery
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £79.00 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.
- 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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