Footprints Preschool
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Addlestone for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 8am to 6pm. £7.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 2015, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
£7.00 per hour plus £2.50 for breakfast Club
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Worth knowing. Fees (£7.00 per hour) are payable for any hours required above the child's eligible funding.
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
KT15 1TBWhat 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, 7 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and excited for their day in the setting. They are greeted by friendly staff and separate from their parents and guardians with ease. Children confidently explore the environment and the activities set out for them. Staff know the children well and plan around their interests. This means that children show consistently high levels of engagement in activities and benefit from a curriculum that provides them with enriching experiences. Children work well independently and in small groups.
Staff have high expectations for children's learning and behaviour and are good role models. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure and understand what is expected of them. They show positive attitudes to their learning. They listen, follow instructions and their behaviour is good. They respond well to praise and are proud to show their achievements.
Children benefit from regular time outdoors where they build on physical skills, such as balancing and coordination. They excitedly ride bicycles with their friends and use chalk to draw large pictures on the floor. Younger children happily join in with the actions to songs and rhymes. Older children learn about healthy lifestyles and the benefits of healthy eating and regular exercise.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the organisation of daily routines to support the youngest children, ensuring consistency in their care routines and learning n review and improve arrangements for making sure all parents can easily access any relevant information about the pre-school.
- 7 June 2023Good
- 19 September 2018Good
- 26 May 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Footprints Preschool
- 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.
- Is £7.00 an hour still the rate? 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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