Elm Tree Pre School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Farnham for from 2 years 6 months up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2013, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
FEET funding for 2 year olds. 15 hours funding for 3 and 4 year olds. 30 hours funding for 3 and 4 year olds.
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
GU9 9ERWhat 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, 28 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy their time at the pre-school. Staff warmly welcome them, taking the time to get to know children's unique interests and personalities. This helps children who are younger and less confident to settle happily. Children behave well. They are polite and courteous with staff and with their friends. Staff successfully teach children the importance of valuing and respecting the needs of each other. For instance, as children sit to share stories, they selflessly offer their friend a turn to discover which animal is hidden in the story. Staff praise children for their kindness, which promotes their confidence and self-esteem. Children develop good social skills, which supports them in readiness for their future learning.
Staff have high expectations for children. They plan and provide a broad curriculum for everyone. Staff place a strong focus on supporting children's communication and language skills. They use a variety of opportunities to model language, to build children's vocabulary skills and to help children to develop their confidence to speak in larger groups. When children need additional support for their speaking skills, staff tailor teaching to these specific needs. Consequently, where children start behind in their communication and language, they catch up quickly. This supports all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those in receipt of additional funding, to make good progress from their starting points.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen supervision arrangements to support staff's professional development needs, knowledge and skills n support staff to embed the curriculum for mathematics in full so that older and the most able children have more opportunities to develop their understanding of numbers, shapes and other mathematical concepts.
- 28 February 2024Good
- 25 April 2018Good
- 3 February 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Elm Tree Pre School
- What it costs
- Meals
- Nappies
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
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