East Horley Playgroup Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Horley for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:15 to 14:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2014, with 28 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Early Years Free Entitlement funding for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds, including Free Early Entitlement for Two-Year-Olds (FEET) and 30 hours funded childcare for eligible families; 15 funded hours per week for 2-year-olds and 3 & 4-year-olds; up to 30 funded hours per week for eligible working parents from 9 months.
Worth knowing. Funding is applied across the hours you book; some sessions may be fully funded, some part-funded; any time outside your funded entitlement will be charged at our normal hourly rate; we do not charge for funded hours themselves; funding starts the term after your child becomes age-eligible; working-parent funding must be reconfirmed every 3 months; if eligibility ends, charges will apply for unfunded hours; we claim funding directly from the local authority; we operate term time only and do not.
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
RH6 9GAWhat 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, 10 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide children with a welcome that is full of enthusiasm and warmth.
Children settle quickly and demonstrate a high level of engagement. They run towards a range of stimulating activities that staff have provided for them. Staff are attentive and approachable. They gather information from parents about children who are new and settling in. This information helps staff to positively support children who are attending for the first time. For example, staff take time to discuss children's interests and daily routines. This provides them with the necessary information to support children who become unsettled so they recover swiftly. As a result, children feel safe, secure and have their individual needs met.
Staff provide children with positive learning experiences to support children's independence. Children are encouraged to regularly attempt new skills, which supports their physical development, such as cutting up fruit for snack time. They demonstrate a sense of achievement and share their successes. Children beam and say, 'Look! I did it all on my own!' They show confidence as they readily engage with imaginative play opportunities. They pretend to make food in their homecorner kitchen. Staff skilfully extend this type of play for younger children. They introduce new vocabulary and repeat simple concepts, such as 'heavy' and 'full'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop staff's knowledge on how to plan a more precise curriculum to meet the individual learning needs of each child n support staff to build on ways to ask children more purposeful questions, giving them time to process and respond, to enhance children's thinking and communication skills.
- 10 September 2024Good
- 5 November 2018Good
- 4 May 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for East Horley Playgroup Ltd
- 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.
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