Fitzsimmons Place Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Guildford for children from birth to 5, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 2017, with 128 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 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
GU2 4DJWhat 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 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children and their families receive a warm welcome upon arrival and children settle well in the care of the staff team. Children show that they feel safe and secure at the setting and approach staff for support and reassurance, which they give without question. Babies receive support from staff to enhance their physical development and practise their new-found skills. For example, staff set out the environment with equipment that babies can use to pull themselves to standing and walk around. Older babies thoroughly enjoy immersing themselves in creative play. They make masterpieces from printing the toy animals' foot prints. Children choose the animals they would like to use, building their awareness of decision making. Young children enjoy singing times and act promptly when they hear a song that they recognise, running to join in. They join in with the actions to the songs, clapping their hands when the bubble bursts. This enhances children's engagement and physical development.
Pre-school children explore water play and increase their small-muscle development. For example, they use large pipettes to squirt water and pour it from one vessel to another. Older children successfully demonstrate the skills they have learned over time. For example, they put on their wet-weather clothing and persevere in using zips. This enables children to be independent and to do tasks for themselves in readiness for their move on to the next stage of learning or school.
Staff understand the rational for the activities they offer and how these link to the focus for the curriculum and what children need to learn next. Staff use children's interests to strengthen their engagement.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's understanding of supporting children's awareness of the passage of time to help them develop the skills to take turns n enhance staff's awareness of the importance of using the correct pronunciation of words and of giving children time to respond to questions staff pose.
- 21 October 2024Good
- 16 July 2024Inadequate
- 9 September 2019Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Fitzsimmons Place Nursery
- 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.
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