Woodentots Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Fareham for babies from 4 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £555.25 a month, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 2022, with 92 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 April 2025.
| Age | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £555.2530 Hrs Funding £753.0030 Hrs Funding £913.5030 Hrs Funding £1075.0830 Hrs Funding £1205.1230 Hrs Funding |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £4.49 an hour Additional Hours per week - Hourly rate for remaining hrs
- £4.75 Meals during funded time - Two course Tea
- £6.00 Meals during funded time - Two course Lunch
- £7.05 to £8.63 an hour Additional Hours per week - Hourly rate for the next 10 hrs
- £10.00 per 15 minutes Late Collection Charge - Every additional 5 minutes
- £15.00 a session Late Club Charge
- £20.00 Late Collection ChargeBetween 1 - 20 minutes late
Funded hours
15 hrs funding = 11.4 hours per week; 30 hrs funding = 22.8 hours per week.
Worth knowing. All funded hours are provided completely free of charge. The charges above for additional hours, meals and activities are optional.
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
PO14 1ASWhat 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, 11 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy sharing their time with staff, who are welcoming, warm, and kind. Staff place great emphasis on children's emotional security and happiness, understanding that children's basic needs must be met before they are able to learn. Therefore, staff spend lots of time getting to know children and forming secure attachments. This, along with a consistent daily routine, helps children to navigate big life events with minimal disruption. This includes the deployment of parents serving in the military.
Children develop a love of books, stories and rhymes. This helps to expand their vocabulary and supports them to gain early literacy skills. For example, staff provide babies with objects of reference to help them communicate their song choices. Babies fully engage in song time as they babble and copy actions to their favourite songs. Older children are keen to learn new information about things that interest them. For example, children search encyclopaedias for information on tornados. They learn that tornadoes are like a giant vacuum cleaner that 'sucks things up'.
Children develop resilience by persevering with tasks they find tricky. For example, children build structures out of construction toys. They spend lots of time concentrating on bringing their ideas to life. However, some children become frustrated when things do not go to plan. Staff allow children to find their own solutions before stepping in to support them. This helps children develop a sense of pride and a positive attitude towards their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide all children with quality interactions that promote and support their developing communication and language skills n strengthen the way changes to children's key persons are communicated to parents so that children are fully prepared for the change.
- 11 October 2023Good
Still missing for Woodentots Nursery
- Meals
- 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 £555.25 a month 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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