Dottie Tots Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 5Open a few years
A day nursery in Bentley for babies from 9 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2023. Open since 2023, with 36 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
The Working Parent Entitlement for eligible children from nine months old until they start school; Early Learning for Two-Year-Olds for eligible children; The Universal Entitlement for all three- and four-year-olds.
Worth knowing. Funded hours are provided free of charge and families are not required to purchase private hours, food or any other optional service. Dottie Tots provides funded hours as a stretched offer across 51 weeks of the year. Working Parent Entitlement: Up to 21 funded hours each week, provided through up to three seven-hour sessions from 10.00am to 5.00pm. Universal Entitlement and Early Learning for Two-Year-Olds: Up to 11 funded hours each week, provided through one seven-hour session from 10.00am to.
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
GU10 5NBWhat Ofsted said
Last inspected on 30 August 2023.
Good
Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.
Still missing for Dottie Tots Nursery School
- What it costs
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.