Heatherside Pre-school
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Camberley for from 2 years 6 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:50 to 16:00, 5 days a week. £8.75 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 1993, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
2026/27 fees are £8.75 per hour.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Universal 15 hours and full 30 hours, plus Early Learning for Two year olds (formally FEET) 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
GU15 1BBWhat 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, 8 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy when entering the pre-school and are quick to settle on arrival.
New children are familiar with which room they are in and feel safe and secure.
They form secure attachments with caring and respectful staff who act as positive role models. Children are fully engaged in play and enjoy the wide range of resources available. They take pride in their achievements, supported by the continual praise that staff provide. For example, staff help children to display their drawings on the wall.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - support staff to develop a greater understanding of the learning they want children to gain from activities, to focus more precisely on the areas of development for all children.
- 8 November 2022Good
- 7 March 2017Good
- 28 January 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Heatherside Pre-school
- 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.
- Is £8.75 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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