Friends Private Day Nursery - Ash
Outstanding★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Aldershot for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in September 2023. Open since 2017, with 48 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
GU12 6QHWhat 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.
- 26 March 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 29 September 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff build extremely strong, trusting relationships with the children and create an enticing, homely and safe environment. The nursery has a highly ambitious and effective curriculum. This helps provide children with the knowledge and skills that they need to help them succeed in their future learning. Staff are skilled in planning creative learning experiences that precisely support children's next stages of development. Children remain highly engaged for significant periods of time in activities that prompt their critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. From a very young age, staff support babies and toddlers to quickly learn to be independent in their feeding and self-care skills. They are taught to share, take turns and interpret facial expressions and emotions to help them form friendships with others. Children thrive in this exceptional nursery.
Children arrive each day with anticipation, enthusiasm, and excitement for the day ahead. Parents and children visit the nursery outside their normal times to support drop-ins and events or simply share news with their key person. One parent expressed the view of others by saying: 'Both my child and I feel like it's an extension of our home and family, we feel very fortunate to have such, kind, considerate and helpful people care for our child'.
Children's behaviour is exemplary. Staff place a strong focus on supporting children's growing understanding of the world around them and helping them to recognise and celebrate similarities and differences. For example, staff set-up selfcare stations in each room, that contain books such as 'Ru Paul's Big Dreams' and
- 29 September 2023Outstanding
- 28 November 2019Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Friends Private Day Nursery - Ash
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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