What Ofsted grade does Wellies have?

Wellies was rated Good at its inspection on 23 July 2025, under the grading Ofsted used before report cards.

How many children can Wellies take?

Ofsted registers Wellies for 100 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Lincolnshire has 59.

How much does Wellies cost?

Wellies sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in East Midlands charges £165 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.

Does Wellies offer 30 hours free childcare?

Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Wellies how it offers them.

When was Wellies last inspected?

Ofsted last inspected Wellies on 23 July 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.

Which nurseries are near Wellies?

Nearby in Horncastle: Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Grantham, Small Wonders Nursery, Yellow Brick Road, Bracebridge Heath.

Wellies

Day nursery in Lincolnshire.

2 Langton Hill, Horncastle, LN9 5AH

100 places

2007 registered with Ofsted

29 of 201 in our Lincolnshire ranking

£123 a week, 50 hours for a 3 year old, East Midlands average

What Ofsted found

Good Inspected 23 July 2025

Ofsted grades for Wellies, inspection of 23 July 2025
Judgement	Grade
Overall effectiveness	Good
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good

The second of the four grades: a good standard of care and learning. Ofsted now gives report cards instead, so this grade stays until the next inspection.

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What a place could cost

Wellies sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in East Midlands, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.

Child's age	You pay a week	About a month
From 9 months to 2	£128	£404
2 years old	£130	£411
3 to 4 years old	£123	£389

A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.

Wellies against Lincolnshire

	Wellies	Lincolnshire average
Places	100	59
Ofsted outcome	Good	89% rated Good or better

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Questions parents ask about Wellies

What Ofsted grade does Wellies have?: Wellies was rated Good at its inspection on 23 July 2025, under the grading Ofsted used before report cards.
How many children can Wellies take?: Ofsted registers Wellies for 100 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Lincolnshire has 59.
How much does Wellies cost?: Wellies sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in East Midlands charges £165 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
Does Wellies offer 30 hours free childcare?: Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Wellies how it offers them.
When was Wellies last inspected?: Ofsted last inspected Wellies on 23 July 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
Which nurseries are near Wellies?: Nearby in Horncastle: Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Grantham, Small Wonders Nursery, Yellow Brick Road, Bracebridge Heath.

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.