Banstead Bunnies Pre School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Banstead for from 1 year 6 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:30 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £36.10 a session for 18 – 23 months old, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 2012, with 39 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 – 23 months old18m to 2y | £36.103 hour, 3 hrs | |
| 2 – 4 year olds2y to 4y | £29.103 hour, 3 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £6.50 a session Breakfast clubincludes breakfast included
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Funded early education and childcare for three and four-year-olds (Universal Entitlement), Working Parents Entitlement (15 and up to 30 hours), Early Learning for 2 year olds (previously known as FEET).
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
SM7 1LGWhat 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.
- 21 September 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 28 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in this welcoming setting where they feel happy and safe. Staff are kind, caring and attentive. They get to know children well. This helps to promote children's emotional well-being. There are high expectations for children's behaviour. Children join in with the good range of opportunities and experiences on offer. They enjoy observing the real frogspawn and tadpoles swimming in the tank and cracking their own eggs to see what is inside. Children develop their imaginations well. They mix oats in the outside kitchen to make food for each other.
Children show an eagerness to learn, which prepares them well for future learning.
All children make good progress from their starting points, including those who receive funded education and children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to implement the curriculum learning intentions, so they are clear about what skills and knowledge they want children to gain n provide further opportunities for challenge at the end of adult-led activities, where children can explore the activity independently and consolidate their learning.
- 28 March 2022Good
- 25 January 2017Outstanding
- 23 January 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Banstead Bunnies Pre School
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £36.10 a session still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.