Little Dreams Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Staines for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £86.50 a day for children Under 3 Years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2023. Open since 2012, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 3 Yearsbirth to 3y | £86.50 | £49.505 hrs | – | |
| Over 3 Years3y to 5y | £87.50 | £52.005 hrs | – | |
| All ages | – | – | £15.00Additional Hours |
Funded hours
Limited government-funded places of 15-30 hours per week for 2, 3 and 4 year olds are also available.
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 1QGWhat 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, 5 September 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and secure in the setting. Staff warmly welcome each child on arrival, and children separate from their parents with ease. At snack time, each child sits at a table with their key person and a few friends. Children are learning to become competent at cutting their own snack and twisting and opening lids. They benefit greatly from the close attention they receive from staff, who offer them encouragement. This helps to promote children's positive attitudes to learning and helps children to feel self-assured and confident.
Staff set high expectations for children. They benefit from learning opportunities to support their physical development. For example, older children use the small muscles in their hands and fingers as they use tweezers to collect pretend rubbish in the ocean they have created. Younger children balance carefully as they climb steps to the indoor slide. This supports children to develop good physical skills, such as core strength and coordination. Children begin to build early friendships.
For example, they show kindness to each other by sharing with their friends.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff's understanding of how to implement the learning intentions for activities, ensuring they are clear on what skills and knowledge they want children to gain n review routines of the day to allow children time to consolidate and deepen their knowledge through uninterrupted play.
- 5 September 2023Good
- 8 April 2019Good
- 27 July 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Dreams Day Nursery
- 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 £86.50 a day 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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