Brambly House Montessori School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Redhill for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2017, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hour and 15 hour plus entitlement for 3+ year olds and the 2 year old funding of 15 hours for working parents as a stretched offer.
Worth knowing. Brambly House charge costs out of term time for care and education, food and materials, we spread these costs over the duration of 50 weeks a year that we open. Therefore there is a monthly fee applicable even for children with funding in place.
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
RH1 3DBWhat 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.
Ofsted inspector, 21 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff are committed and passionate about providing a welcoming environment for all children. They take time to speak to parents when they drop their children off and support children to settle into their day. For example, staff organise a variety of activities for children to engage in when they arrive. Children have the choice of playing in their own classroom that extends outside, or they can take part in forest school sessions in the purpose-built outdoor classroom.
Children with special education needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have their own purposefully designed classroom. Staff organise the environment to support the needs of the children they have in that day and have a variety of specialist equipment to promote individual children's development. They make sure the environment is calm and not overwhelming.
Children behave very well and are engaged and motivated to learn. For example, pre-school children self-select resources they require to further their learning, such as large building blocks to build towers taller than they are. Younger children explore a range of resources relating to China. This is to promote their awareness of Chinese New Year.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen procedures to support how children are transitioned into areas less familiar to them, particularly children who are receiving targeted support.
- 21 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 11 March 2019Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Brambly House Montessori School
- What it costs
- 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
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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.