Bright Sparks Montessori School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Frimley for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:30 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £32.00 a session for two year olds only, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2006, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Fees £52 (6.5 hours) £40 (5 hours) or £32 (4 hours two year olds only) .
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
30 hours funded sessions from 8.30-3.00, government FEET, Two year old working parents funding & EYFE funding.
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
GU16 7REWhat 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, 11 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The manager and staff work well with parents. Staff get to know children, and keyperson relationships are strong. They provide a warm welcome to children as they arrive, and children are eager to get involved in the activities on offer. This helps children develop a positive attitude to learning. Children are happy and settled.
Staff place a focus on supporting children to become confident communicators and use a range of spoken language, read to children and sing a variety of songs and rhymes. Children are developing good language skills. For example, staff read books that children are familiar with and encourage children to join in and repeat known phrases. Toddlers join in the actions of songs and sing some of the words.
Staff have undertaken training to support children's language and communication skills. Consequently, they plan daily sessions with the children. This helps children broaden their developing vocabulary. Older children make good progress in their early mathematics. Staff challenge children and introduce activities to further their understanding in numbers.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff teaching to take account of, and respond to, the unique ways in which children learn n review and improve how activities and routines are organised, to help all children learn what is expected of them.
- 11 July 2024Good
- 7 September 2018Outstanding
- 16 September 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bright Sparks Montessori 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 £32.00 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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