Christopher Robin Day Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Cranleigh for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 1998, with 51 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
GU6 7ANWhat 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, 30 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive and settle quickly at the nursery. Staff develop positive, nurturing relationships with the children to help them feel happy, safe and secure. They achieve this by spending time with children to get to know them well. This provides essential knowledge to staff, so they know what they need to teach, which is based on what children already know, remember and can do. This helps build on children's existing knowledge, so they make good progress in their learning and development.
Staff provide purposeful learning opportunities, so children have exposure to a balanced curriculum. For example, pre-school children test out their own predictions when engaging in colour-mixing activities. When their predictions are not correct, they do not give up and keep testing out their ideas. Children show positive attitudes to learning as staff encourage them to keep trying. This contributes towards building children's resilience and problem-solving skills. Staff teach children the physical skills that are required, so they can be independent.
Children demonstrate confidence as they dress themselves, navigate obstacle courses, pour drinks and use knives to butter their own crackers. This helps children develop confidence in their own abilities.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to have a more precise understanding of the intent behind activities n provide children with the time they need to think and respond when staff ask them questions - enhance the arrangements to help children learn about personal safety to equip them with age-appropriate knowledge about staying safe online.
- 30 May 2024Good
- 3 September 2018Good
- 14 June 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Christopher Robin Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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
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