Laleham Church Playgroup
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Staines for from 2 years 6 months up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 12:00, 5 days a week. £32.00 a session for under three at the start of the term, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 1993, with 34 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
For child enrollment, children under three at the start of the term are charged £32 per 4-hour session.
One published rate, dated 2025/26. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Free Early Education for Two-year-olds (FEET) funding; extra 15 to 30 hours of free childcare each week; Free Early Years Entitlement (FEE).
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
TW18 1RZWhat 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, 27 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are confident, happy and emotionally secure in this friendly pre-school.
They receive a warm welcome from the caring staff team, which helps them to settle in quickly. Children have developed strong bonds with the kind and nurturing staff. Expectations for all children are high.
Children are enthusiastic learners in their play. They are curious and imaginative.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen peer observations to ensure they are more sharply focused on delivering planned activities even more effectively, to extend the quality of teaching even further n review the organisation of whole-group activities, considering the needs and abilities of all children in the group, so that all are equally engaged and their learning is maximised.
- 27 June 2022Good
- 29 February 2016Outstanding
- 28 January 2010Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Laleham Church Playgroup
- Meals
- Nappies
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 £32.00 a session 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.