The Corner House Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bournemouth for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £9.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2005, with 54 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, price list dated January 2026.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £9.00Not available as an ad-hoc session | £9.50Private hours (Including food) £12.50Additional ad-hoc hours |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £100.00 Registration Feenot refundable
- £100.00 Deposit (part-time)
- £200.00 Deposit (full-time)
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £5.00 Late collection feethen £1 for every 5 minutes thereafter
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £0.30 an hour Activities Charge per funded hour
- £0.70 an hour Non-Consumables Charge per funded hour
- £10.00 a day Food Charges on funded sessions (3- & 4-year funding)includes Morning snack 75p, two course cooked lunch £5.50
Discounts
- 5% Sibling discountsiblings
- 10% Full-time discount
Funded hours
15 hours universal for 3-4 year olds; 30 hours for working parents from 9 months; stretched to 11 hours universal and 22 hours extended.
Worth knowing. Non-consumables charge per funded hour (70p under 2, £1.40 3+); activities charge per funded hour (30p under 2, 60p 3+); food charges on funded sessions (£10/day for 3-4, £8/day for 2-year, £6/day for 9 month & 1 year); no registration fee or deposit for totally funded places; if additional non-funded hours, registration and deposit rules apply.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
BH8 8LAWhat 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, 23 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle quickly and enjoy their time at this friendly nursery. They form strong attachments with the staff who know children well. Children show that they feel safe and secure, which supports their emotional well-being effectively.
Children enjoy many sensory play experiences and are encouraged to experiment with media and materials. For example, they have great fun as they explore the colours and textures of the shaving foam, water and pasta. Children excitedly tell adults how it feels: 'very soft and bubbly'. They show good hand-to-eye coordination as they carefully pour the liquids into bottles. Staff get involved with children's play and introduce new words to successfully build on children's developing language skills.
The nursery had a period of closure during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- make greater use of number, size and quantity within the children's play experiences to develop their mathematical skills n strengthen the consistency of staff interactions with children to support and extend each child's learning fully.
- 23 February 2023Good
- 22 June 2017Outstanding
- 11 April 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Corner House Day Nursery
- 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 £9.50 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.
- 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.
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