Nippertime Preschool Limited
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Warlingham for children from birth to 5, open 09:15 to 14:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2003, with 32 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Universal 15 hours; Extended 30 hours (Working Parent Entitlement); Early Learning for 2 year olds.
Worth knowing. We offer up to 4.5 funded hours per day, between 10:00 and 14:30. Government funding covers 38 weeks, so the final week of term is charged privately. Parents must provide packed lunch, milk and snack, nappies, wipes and tissues (if required).
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
CR6 9SAWhat 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, 21 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily and are greeted at the door by the manager. They quickly settle into their morning activities, which have been carefully planned to meet their needs. The kind and nurturing staff welcome the children and talk to them about their morning. Children have a well-established routine, which allows them to feel settled and familiar with the structure of their day. They behave very well and have lovely relationships with their friends and staff.
The manager and staff are passionate about providing an exciting and an ambitious curriculum. Children use scissors and play dough to develop their strength in their hands to enable them to use pencils to colour and write. They have different areas, both indoors and outdoors, to explore different areas of learning. For example, children have a role-play corner to play imaginatively and a reading area to share stories in small groups. Staff understand the importance of their role in supporting children's language development. They consistently model how to pronounce new words by using them in sentences. Children learn through songs and rhymes at different points throughout the day. For example, children enjoy singing the 'Five
Currant Buns' song to learn about taking away by using real objects from a song sack.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to extend opportunities for children to independently practise skills they have learned from planned activities.
- 21 March 2024Good
- 10 May 2018Good
- 1 July 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Nippertime Preschool Limited
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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.