Beaumont Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Aldershot for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 09:00 to 18:15, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 1988, with 44 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Universal free funding of 15 hours per week for the term after a child turns three, Early Learning for 2-Year-Olds funding and Working Families Entitlement for eligible families.
What childcare usually costs in Hampshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hampshire 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
GU11 1YHWhat 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.
- 24 November 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 18 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide a warm and nurturing environment. Children separate from their parents without hesitation and demonstrate they feel safe and secure. They make independent choices in their play and swiftly engage in activities alongside their friends. For example, young children show an interest in sea creatures and are keen to investigate their intricate features. Staff build on children's new knowledge, such as through books and technology. They foster these opportunities to help build on children's understanding of how to stay safe when accessing the internet for example
Staff plan a curriculum that places a strong focus on children's personal, social and emotional development. They use a variety of strategies to help children manage their feelings and emotions. For example, they give children time to relax and spend some quiet time in the recently introduced cosy areas within the room.
Children delight in looking at family pictures with their friends. This supports a sense of belonging at the setting.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen planning, to target more consistently on children's developing speech and pronunciation skills n provide all parents with more specific information about their children's on-going progress, to offer consistent continuity in children's learning at the setting and at home.
- 18 June 2024Good
- 19 July 2023Needs improvement
- 11 January 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Beaumont Pre-School
- What it costs
- Meals
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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