Childcare costs in West Drayton
We hold no published fee we can stand behind for any nursery here yet.
Work out the cost for your child's age and days
Funded hours, by age
| Age | Funded hours | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Under 9 months | None | Every family pays the full fee. |
| 9 months to 2 years | Up to 30 hours a week, 38 weeks a year | Working parents (gov.uk) |
| 2 years | Up to 30 hours a week if you work; 15 hours if you get certain support | Working parents, or families on some benefits (gov.uk) |
| 3 and 4 years, until Reception | 15 hours a week for every child; up to 30 for working parents | Everyone (gov.uk) |
Hours start the term after your child reaches the age: terms start on 1 September, 1 January and 1 April. 30 hours a week for 38 weeks is 1,140 hours a year, and many nurseries spread them over more weeks. Working parents apply on gov.uk for a code and reconfirm it every three months. Key dates works out when your child's hours start.
National rules for England from September 2025: gov.uk. Nurseries may charge for meals, nappies and activities on funded hours; those charges are not in the figures here.
Nurseries whose fee we do not hold (9)
- Butterflies Preschool West Drayton (Pre-school; Ofsted: Not inspected yet): fee unknown
- Jolly Rainbows Nursery Ltd (Pre-school; Ofsted: Good, 23 March 2023): fee unknown
- KiddieCare Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 1 March 2023): fee unknown
- Little Leaf Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 1 June 2023): fee unknown
- Littlebrook Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Requires improvement, 15 September 2025): fee unknown
- Magic Steps Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 16 March 2023): fee unknown
- Sunflower House Nursery Cowley (Pre-school; Ofsted: Report card: expected standard or better in every area, 1 May 2026): fee unknown
- West Drayton Day Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 14 May 2025): fee unknown
- Wonderland Nursery Ltd (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 31 May 2023): fee unknown
For comparison, a paid hour at a typical nursery in the London Outer region costs £8.57 for a child under 2 and £8.63 for a 2-year-old. That is a survey average, not any nursery's own price.
Source: Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
More in nurseries in West Drayton, ranked by what Ofsted found, and private school fees.
Nurseries: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections. Fees: each nursery's own website, read by kinplace's fee reader; a fee is left out when the page is shared with other nurseries (unless it is a chain's own price list, checked again for each branch), on another website, for an earlier year, or read more than 120 days ago.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. All sources.