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Wonderland Day Nursery in Letchworth

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2025)
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5.0(3 parent reviews) ·Works Road, Letchworth, SG6 1FR · Hertfordshire
Number of places
105 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2025
Local authority
Hertfordshire

About this day nursery

Wonderland Day Nursery, a family-run establishment founded in 1994 in Letchworth Garden City, provides high-quality care and education for children aged three months to five years. The nursery's core philosophy is to foster social and intellectual development in a happy, stimulating, and caring environment.

They pride themselves on a warm, friendly, and homely atmosphere, distinguished by colourful displays, free-flow play areas, and a diverse range of activities, encompassing creative play, a sensory room, and garden play. Children are actively encouraged to voice their ideas, make independent choices, and engage in activities that align with their individual interests.

Wonderland Day Nursery is Ofsted registered and boasts a fully equipped outdoor play area, a garden, and a private car park for convenient and safe drop-offs and pick-ups. With over three decades of successful operation, the nursery maintains its commitment to care and dedication through its experienced team.

Our ethos

The nursery's core philosophy is to foster social and intellectual development in a happy, stimulating, and caring environment. They encourage children to voice ideas, make independent choices, and engage in activities aligned with their interests.

What it's like

Children thoroughly enjoy their time at this nursery as staff provide a welcoming environment where children grow in confidence and develop independence. They confidently move freely between different rooms, choosing where to play and learn. Children also have many opportunities to develop independence and self-care routines.

Family-run private day nurseryHappy, stimulating and caring environmentWide variety of activitiesOfsted registeredEquipped outdoor play area

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured by age bands across full day, morning, and afternoon sessions. Funding is available for eligible two, three, and four-year-olds in designated session lengths. Additional fees apply for snacks, lunch, and tea during funded hours.

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-oldsTax-Free Childcare

Good to know

  • Rates are tiered into three age bands: under 2 years, 2-3 years, and 3-5 years.
  • Funded hours are offered in specific 2.5, 3, and 5.5 hour blocks.
  • Optional meal and snack packages can be purchased for funded sessions.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm.

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Wonderland Day Nursery

Last inspected 28 January 2025

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children thoroughly enjoy their time at this nursery as staff provide a welcoming environment where children grow in confidence and develop independence. They confidently move freely between different rooms, choosing where to play and learn. Children also have many opportunities to develop independence and self-care routines.

Inspector highlights

  • Children confidently move freely between the different rooms in the nursery, giving them a choice about where they want to play and learn.
  • Staff effectively support children's personal development in the nursery, placing a high priority on listening to children's voices.
  • Children are becoming confident communicators. Staff attend additional training to enhance children's communication and language development, implementing ideas into practice.
  • Children enjoy a balanced diet of healthy snacks and meals that are freshly prepared each day.
  • Staff report feeling happy and well supported in their roles.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen the monitoring arrangements to raise staff's practice to a consistently high level.
Inspection #10367668 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents report feeling valued as an important part of their child's early education.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Identified gaps in children's learning are effectively shared with staff so they know how they can support their continued progress. This works particularly well for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff work closely with parents and other professionals to create individually tailored plans for children with SEND, helping them to make good progress.

Outdoor space

Children demonstrate good imagination. For example, they run up and down in the garden, pretending to be firefighters who are putting out imaginary fires with their hoses. Staff skilfully weave mathematics and positional language into the activity, effectively building on what children already know and can do.

Parent Reviews of Wonderland Day Nursery

5.0
(3)
Jade Bell
9 months ago

My daughter has been going for nearly two years now since she was 6 months old. Lovely set up, different rooms all geared to their development at different stages. Lovely staff across the board from nursery room assistants through to management team.

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Aidan Moore
3 years ago

My daughter was at Wonderland for 2 years and absolutely loved it. The staff are so caring and really helped my daughter grow and thrive. Can't recommend Wonderland highly enough.

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Inspection history

Date: January 2004

  • February 2025Good
  • January 2025Good
  • March 2019Outstanding
  • February 2019Outstanding
  • June 2013Outstanding
  • April 2013Outstanding
  • May 2009Good
  • April 2009Outstanding
  • December 2005Good
  • January 2004Good

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