Childcare costs in Wimborne
Published prices run from £6.48 to £8.90 an hour (the middle is £6.52); a full day at a day nursery from £64.80 to £89.00.
Read from the nurseries' own fee pages, most recently on 16 October 2026.
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 with a published fee (5)
"A year full time" is 5 days of 10 hours for 51 weeks (2,550 hours). With 30 funded hours (a child from 9 months to 4 years, parents working) 1,140 of them are free and 1,410 are paid at the nursery's hourly rate. Pre-schools open for sessions, not full days, so only their hourly rate is shown.
Tops Day Nurseries - Corfe Mullen
£64.80 a day · £6.48 an hour (its day rate over a 10-hour day)
The day rate is worked out from a weekly full-time price.
A year full time: £9,140 after 30 funded hours (£762 a month); £16,520 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 16 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
Sturminster Marshall Pre-School
£6.50 an hour (its published hourly rate)
The nursery's published price on 14 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
Tops Day Nurseries - Wimborne
£65.20 a day · £6.52 an hour (its day rate over a 10-hour day)
The day rate is worked out from a weekly full-time price.
A year full time: £9,190 after 30 funded hours (£766 a month); £16,630 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 16 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
Mini Munchkins Day Nursery And After School Club
£6.60 an hour (its published hourly rate)
A year full time: £9,310 after 30 funded hours (£776 a month); £16,830 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 2 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
Verwood Day Nursery Ltd
£89.00 a day (day rates listed: £79.00 to £89.00) · £8.90 an hour (its day rate over a 10-hour day)
A year full time: £12,550 after 30 funded hours (£1,046 a month); £22,700 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 2 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
Nurseries whose fee we do not hold (14)
- Chrysalis Montessori Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 28 February 2023): fee unknown
- Colehill Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 24 March 2022): fee unknown
- Happy Feet Nursery & Pre-School (Day nursery; Ofsted: Not inspected yet): fee unknown
- Jack and Jill Day Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 7 April 2025): fee unknown
- Judy's House Ltd (Day nursery; Ofsted: Outstanding, 17 October 2024): fee unknown
- Little Owls Pre-School and Nursery (Pre-school; Ofsted: Good, 24 November 2022): fee unknown
- Pamphill Pre School Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Outstanding, 10 June 2022): fee unknown
- River House Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 7 February 2025): fee unknown
- St John's Pre-School (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 12 September 2025): fee unknown
- The Barn Nursery School (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 18 July 2023): fee unknown
- The Chapel In The Valley Pre School (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 19 January 2023): fee unknown
- The Children's House Montessori Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 22 February 2022): fee unknown
- The Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 28 April 2022): fee unknown
- Wimborne Kindergarten (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 12 November 2024): fee unknown
For comparison, a paid hour at a typical nursery in the South East region costs £8.06 for a child under 2 and £7.58 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 Wimborne, 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.
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