Epsom Playhouse Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Epsom for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 April 2023. Open since 2010, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours early education for two year olds (FEET funding) for eligible families, 15 hours for two year olds whose parents qualify for the working element, 15 hours early education and childcare for all three and four year olds, 30 hours funded childcare for children whose parents qualify for the working element.
Worth knowing. As the Pre-School is a charity we ask for a voluntry contribution towards a wide range of activities and experiences for the children in our setting. These are available each term and all parents are informed about extra curricular visits, no children are excluded from these visits whether parents contribute or 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
KT19 8SRWhat 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, 21 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and they confidently leave their parents and carers at the door. They learn to take care of their own belongings, placing their coats on their pegs when they arrive. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and have a good sense of belonging as they greet the members of staff, talking about their morning.
They are very happy and settled in this friendly pre-school.
Children thoroughly enjoy sensory play as they use their imaginations. They illustrate this as they make 'hot chocolate' with cocoa-scented sand. Children show curiosity as they explore resources and activities. For instance, staff thoughtfully interact with children and provide them with different tools to measure the amount of rain they have collected in a tray. Children enjoy using their fine motor skills to squeeze pipettes to extract and transfer water to different-sized containers. They paint the walls with water, talking about their paintings. Children work with staff and build with large panels, creating a house. Children strengthen their muscles groups well. They are provided with a good set of experiences that support them in being ready for school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - consider ways to link the implementation of planned activities more securely to the children's next steps, to further the good learning opportunities in place overall n develop an effective coaching and mentoring system to help staff raise the quality of teaching to a higher level.
- 21 April 2023Good
- 28 September 2017Good
- 24 January 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Epsom Playhouse Pre-School
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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