Akidz
Good★ 3.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Ashford for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2025. Open since 2007, with 60 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Surrey
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Surrey 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
TW15 2HEWhat 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.
- 14 October 2021 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 30 June 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at this warm and welcoming pre-school happy and eager to start their day. Staff know their key children well. They build strong relationships from the start and tailor the care and learning they provide to meet each child's individual needs. This helps children feel safe and secure. Staff encourage children's independence skills from the outset. Children are confident and they hang up their belongings and self-serve their chosen healthy cereal for breakfast.
Leaders have high expectations of the children in their setting. They have designed a curriculum that is based around children's communication and language skills, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and children who speak English as an additional language. For example, children are given time to develop skills such as listening, and all children, including babies, thoroughly enjoy singing and stories. Babies point to the visual pictures of the songs they would like to sing. Older children learn the different names of African animals. This helps children make good progress in their communication and language skills.
Children are sociable and behave well. For example, they listen very well to staff, who value children's choices as they play. Staff promote a kind and calm environment for children to explore. This helps to promote children's self-esteem and well-being.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to teach precise learning intentions during group activities to help children remain fully engaged and learning n strengthen the organisation of daily routines so they are more flexible and do not interrupt children's play and learning.
- 30 June 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 21 November 2024Needs improvement
- 28 November 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Akidz
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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