Verwood Day Nursery Ltd
Ofsted report card Dec 2025Takes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Wimborne for babies from 9 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £79.00 a day for 2 – 3 years, and they take the funded hours. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in December 2025. Open since 2011, 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 | £50.00Afternoons, 5 hrs £54.00Mornings, 5 hrs | |
| 2 – 3 years2y to 3y | £79.00Full Time £84.00 | £47.00Afternoons, 5 hrs £50.00Mornings, 5 hrs | |
| 3 – 4 years3y to 4y | £74.00Full Time £79.00 | £44.00Afternoons, 5 hrs £47.00Mornings, 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 starts
- £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 rata, written notice of 6 weeks
- 5% Sibling discountcombined 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. Up to 10 hours a day can be taken with us. 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 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
BH21 6RSWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
What 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.
- 3 December 2025Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
- 3 February 2020Good
- 26 March 2013Outstanding
- 27 February 2012Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Verwood Day Nursery Ltd
- 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.
- 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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