Pear Tree Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Farnborough for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2022. Open since 2007, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
2, 3 and 4 year old funding as well as 30 hours funding available.
What childcare usually costs in Hampshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hampshire 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
GU14 6AWWhat 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, 3 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle quickly when they join the nursery. They are very happy in the care of staff and build good relationships with them. Older children are confident to ask staff for help and babies enjoy cuddles. Children are well behaved and follow the routines well. They show respect for each other, listening to their friends and responding appropriately.
Staff encourage children to explore their interests and express their views. For example, children on the climbing course decide to fly like aeroplanes by jumping onto a beanbag. They show excitement and pride as they land. Children show trust in staff and take appropriate risks with their encouragement. Children enjoy being outside in the garden. They access a range of activities, including those which promote different physical skills. For example, tipping and pouring with water.
Children develop good levels of independence from a young age, which is sequenced to later learning. For example, babies explore rice, bowls and spoons.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on staff's awareness of extending children's language to support their learning even further n reflect on ways to extend children's understanding of healthy lifestyles further, including through staff interactions and consistently healthy food and drink options.
- 3 August 2022Good
- 6 March 2017Good
- 19 February 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Pear Tree Day Nursery
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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