Little Bookham & Effingham Preschool
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Leatherhead for from 1 year up to school age, open 09:00 to 16:00, 4 days a week. £12.50 an hour for under 2, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 2012, with 18 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 2birth to 2y | £12.50for our under 2's | |
| 2, 3 and 4 year olds2y to 3y | £8.50for 2, 3 and 4 year olds |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £50.00 Registration feefor all children not yet eligible for funding, and for those to wish, includes a preschool t shirt and a two hour settling in
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.50 per 15 minutes Early drop offs from 8.45amsubject to availability, first come, first served basis, for our full
- £3.00 a day Meals
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £5.00 a day Morning session daily rate (until 12.30pm)funded children, includes Morning snack and afternoon snack, Lunch, Nappies
- £7.50 a day Extended Morning session daily rate (until 1.30pm)funded children, includes Morning snack and afternoon snack, Lunch, Nappies
- £10.00 a day Full day daily rate (until 4pm)funded children, includes Morning snack and afternoon snack, Lunch, Nappies
Funded hours
FEET, Universal 15 hours for 3 and 4 year olds and the Working Parent Entitlement for children age 12 months +.
Worth knowing. Eligible children can claim up to 15 hours of funded care per week and do not need to pay the consumables charge. We only offer a limited amount of FEET places at any one time. Funded hours will be available where both parents (or the sole parent in a lone parent family): are working and earn on average a weekly minimum amount equivalent to working 16 hours at either National Minimum Wage (NMW) or National Living Wage (NLW), have an adjusted net income of less than £100,000 each per year, live i.
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
KT24 5NDWhat 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, 20 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and leave their parents with confidence. They all settle quickly and are extremely eager to start their day. Children are inquisitive learners and demonstrate high levels of engagement. The confidence and independence that children demonstrate when exploring their environment are impressive. Staff build superb relationships with the children and are active participants in children's play.
Staff ignite children's curiosity through the rich and varied experiences they offer.
Children are motivated to join in and engage with these meaningful activities. They especially enjoy being outdoors and exploring the many opportunities with enthusiasm. For example, children's excitement is infectious as they master the climbing wall in order to observe dog walkers on the local field.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - increase the use of effective staff interactions that extend children's critical thinking skills, enabling them to make even better progress n build on the already good activities to help children form a greater knowledge and understanding about diversity and other cultures.
- 20 June 2023Good
- 11 October 2017Good
- 5 March 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Bookham & Effingham 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 £12.50 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.
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