Little Harriers
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.1 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Cranleigh for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in December 2024. Open since 2004, with 80 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We accept Working Parents Funding from 9 months and Universal funding for 3 & 4 year olds who are not eligible for the Working Parent Funding. We ask for proof of eligibility for two year olds. All three year olds will gain universal funding and we accept 30 hours for those who are eligible.
Worth knowing. Yes Little Harriers do offer funded only hours, please contact the nursery for full details.
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
GU6 8TBWhat 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, 2 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive and flourish at this exceptionally nurturing and well-organised nursery. Babies develop close bonds with warm and friendly practitioners who know them well. They cuddle together and share caring smiles as they start their day.
Older children arrive with remarkable confidence. They demonstrate independence as they place their belongings away and eagerly find their friends. Children feel safe and secure in this superbly welcoming environment.
Activities provided are exciting and engaging. For example, children laugh and giggle with joy as they play in pretend snow in the garden. Knowledgeable practitioners extend children's understanding of the changing seasons. Children demonstrate what they know. They talk about how ice melts when the temperature increases and discuss the importance of dressing in warm clothes. Children express themselves clearly and develop highly positive attitudes to learning.
- 2 December 2024Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 25 March 2019Outstanding
- 27 July 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Harriers
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.