Wonder Zone Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open a few years
A day nursery in Welling for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. £85.00 a day for 3–24 months, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2025. Open since 2023, with 30 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 1st September 2025.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3–24 months3m to 2y | £85.00 | £48.00AM Half Day or PM Half Day, 5 hrs | |
| 24–36 months2y to 3y | £80.00 | £45.00PM Half Day or AM Half Day, 5 hrs | |
| 36 months+3y to 5y | £78.00 | £43.00AM Half Day or PM Half Day, 5 hrs |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £50.00 Registration feenot refundable
- £200.00 Depositsubject to terms and conditions, refundable
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours government-funded childcare.
Worth knowing. Government funding does not cover consumables; fees include a consumables charge covering meals and essential care items. Funded hours are stretched across 51 weeks per year: 15 hours funding gives 11.2 hours per week; 30 hours funding gives 22.5 hours per week. Any childcare hours above the funded entitlement will be charged at our standard hourly rate.
What childcare usually costs in Bexley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bexley 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
DA16 3QLWhat 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, 1 July 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily at this nursery and receive a warm welcome from friendly staff. Children show that they feel safe and secure. An effective settling-in process supports children's transition between home and the nursery successfully. For example, staff take time to collect information from parents and get to know children's personal care routines, preferences and interests. They use this information to help children to settle into the nursery environment. This helps babies and young children to develop strong and positive attachments to their key person.
Leaders have designed a clear and broad curriculum that can be adapted effectively to meet the needs of all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) or from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Babies learn to build relationships with their familiar adults. Toddlers start to develop their independence as they begin to follow a predictable daily routine.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to consistently tailor learning opportunities to the specific needs of children n deploy staff effectively and ensure they are clear in what their roles are to best support the needs of all children.
- 1 July 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 8 October 2024Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Wonder Zone Nursery
- 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 £85.00 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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