The Wendy House
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Havant for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £7.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2022. Open since 2008, with 34 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Our rate is £7.00 per hour,
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Tax-Free Childcare – available for working parents; 15 Hours Childcare – for eligible 3-4-year-olds; 30 hours childcare for working families - for eligible 9 months - 4 year olds; 15 Hours for 2-Year-Olds – for families receiving support.
Worth knowing. These funded hours are offered over 38 weeks per year (term time only). Please note: Any additional hours beyond your funded entitlement will be contracted and charged weekly, including throughout half terms and school holidays. We do not charge extra for any consumables. Breakfast and snacks are included.
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
PO9 1NUWhat 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, 2 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children access a homely environment which is well resourced to support learning.
They arrive happily and settle well. Children enjoy playing with their friends. For example, they role play a boat trip with each child taking a different role. Children benefit from warm and caring relationships with staff who know them well, and they will look for support and comfort as needed. All children access a well-planned and appropriate curriculum, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Children are curious and explore enthusiastically. They make choices from the activities staff plan for them around regular themes. For instance, they roll their toy cars down ramps and delight as they drop off the end and splash in water. Children enjoy books and stories either alone or read by staff. Children concentrate well and spend extended periods focusing on different aspects of their play. For example, they enjoy exploring paint and other materials to create sunflower pictures.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to implement the intended curriculum for communication and language more consistently, to further enhance children's skills n monitor the use of additional funding more closely, to ensure that staff consistently use agreed resources and interactions to enhance children's experiences n review staff practice at mealtimes, to ensure that they support children's independent choices and consider any hygiene risks effectively.
- 2 August 2022Good
- 8 March 2022Inadequate
- 26 February 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Wendy House
- 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 £7.00 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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