Fernhurst Pre-School
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Haslemere for children from birth to 5, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2022. Open since 2010, with 24 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 West Sussex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in West Sussex 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
GU27 3EAWhat 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, 4 April 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are extremely happy and settled and behave exceptionally well. During the inspection, they helped to tidy up the resources and said 'shall I help you?' when they joined other children at a modelling dough activity. There are high expectations for all children to achieve. Children are very active, inquisitive learners. They independently choose resources and keep on trying to achieve what they set out to do.
Children have an abundance of interesting resources, which inspire them to play, particularly outdoors. For instance, they enthusiastically used water, fresh herbs, and other natural resources to make a pretend cake in a mud kitchen. They learned about life cycles while looking at real tadpoles, caterpillars and duck eggs and used this information to draw and paint pictures.
Children develop excellent pre-reading and writing skills. They often choose to listen to stories and use books to remember and talk about the sequence of events in a story. Children listen very attentively during large-group activities and develop a wide range of vocabulary. For instance, they watched a member of staff showing them how to use a yo-yo, and named words that begin with the same sound, such as yacht and yogurt.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage, the provider must: provide Ofsted with the necessary information about new committee members to enable suitability checks to be completed. (by 26/04/2022)
- 4 April 2022Good
- 3 November 2016Outstanding
- 12 March 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Fernhurst Pre-School
- 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.