Caterpillars Nursery At St Johns
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Tadworth for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2015, with 39 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours universal for 3-4 year olds, 30 hours extended for eligible working parents, and FEET for eligible 2-year-olds.
Worth knowing. The term after your child's third birthday they are entitled to claim for the Free Entitlement offered by the Government. As we make the grant application directly to the Local Education Authority, we will supply you with all the necessary information as your child approaches the relevant age.
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
KT20 5AAWhat 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, 23 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy to enter the nursery. They are enthusiastically greeted by staff and quickly settle. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, staff have identified children's ability to self-regulate their emotions as an area for development.
Changes to the settling-in process for new children have been really successful at supporting their inclusion into nursery life. For example, they adapt the amount of sessions they attend before starting according to each individual child's needs.
Children have a key person, who remains the same throughout their time in the nursery. This allows children to be resilient, and staff know their key children very well. Children form a strong bond with staff and are clearly comfortable approaching them when needed. This helps to support children's personal, social and emotional development well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - enhance children's understanding of mathematics further, and support staff to be more consistent in their promotion of children's number and counting skills.
- 23 May 2023Good
- 4 October 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Caterpillars Nursery At St Johns
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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
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