Wishing Well Pre-School Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Waltham Abbey for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £70.00 a day for all age groups, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2023. Open since 2015, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
50 weeks a year, price list dated January 2026.
| Age | Full day | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | £70.00care | £8.25The fee for all age groups |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £20.00 to £30.00 registration fee
- £30.00 to £170.00 depositwhen signing our contract
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £8.00 to £10.00 a day fee for foodfor all funded sessions
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Government funded places for children aged 9 months and over, two year olds and three and four-year-old children. Government funds for between 15/ 30 hours a week for 38 weeks a year.
Worth knowing. Any extra hours and weeks are payable. The Government funding is not intended to cover the cost of any meals/snacks during the day. A fee for food will be applicable for all funded sessions the daily cost is between £8 and £10 daily.
What childcare usually costs in Essex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Essex 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
EN9 3NJWhat 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, 8 December 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy. They feel safe and secure in this warm and welcoming nursery.
Staff present an inviting environment that encourages children to explore. Leaders and staff provide a curriculum that is tailored to meet the needs of each individual child to ensure that all children can reach their full potential. Staff get to know their key children well and thoroughly understand their learning needs. They form close relationships with children that help children to feel confident and settled.
All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress in their learning. Staff are patient and nurturing. They support children who speak English as an additional language well. Transitions through the nursery are smooth and children adjust to their new environments quickly. The nursery is compact and children get to know all the staff and are able to see other children playing and learning in their rooms.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on the use of books and stories to further enthuse children and bring the quality of this teaching to the highest level n develop further opportunities to promote messages about healthy eating.
- 8 December 2023Good
- 12 February 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Wishing Well Pre-School Nursery
- 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 £70.00 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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