Wonderland Nursery Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in West Drayton for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2005, with 52 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours for eligible 2- and 3-year-olds; 15 hours universal entitlement for 3- and 4-year-olds; 30 hours extended entitlement for eligible working parents; Stretched entitlement, where applicable.
Worth knowing. No compulsory charges for childcare during funded entitlement hours; no top-up fees, registration fees, or charges for EYFS learning resources, activities, materials, curriculum delivery, fruit or teatime snack; non-refundable deposits are a condition of taking up funded hours; optional extras include meals and consumables (parents must provide nappies, wipes and cream).
What childcare usually costs in Hillingdon
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hillingdon 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
UB7 0AUWhat 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, 31 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled at this welcoming nursery. Staff are attentive to their care and spend time chatting and playing with them. This helps children to feel safe. Children feel comfortable in the familiar routines and confidently join in with the stimulating activities. They are curious and motivated learners. Babies develop their strength and coordination as they practise crawling, standing and walking. Toddlers become highly engaged in role-play games, which help them to express their ideas and feelings. Pre-school-age children develop their social skills as they play cooperatively together. For example, they use timers to ensure that everyone has a turn at using popular resources.
Staff have high expectations for children. They offer a well-sequenced curriculum and ensure that children have continuous access to a range of familiar resources.
Therefore, children consistently practise what they know and build on their previous learning. Children have lots of opportunities to listen to and engage with stories. For example, staff provide 'story bags' with props that enable children to recall and retell their favourite stories. This supports children's early literacy.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to identify spontaneous learning opportunities for children and adapt their teaching effectively to support children's emerging skills and interests.
- 31 May 2023Good
- 29 November 2017Good
- 10 October 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Wonderland Nursery Ltd
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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