Pippa's House Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open a few years
A day nursery in Aldershot for children from birth to 5, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 2024, with 102 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
GU12 4TXWhat 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, 23 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children benefit from the warm, welcoming environment the nursery team provide.
Staff are kind and caring and attentive to children's needs. Staff provide tailored settling-in procedures for new starters. This allows children to begin to become familiar with the nursery environment and their key person. Children develop strong, trusting bonds with staff to help them feel safe, secure and confident to explore their new surroundings. For instance, as babies explore the musical instruments, staff teach them how to tap the tambourine to make sounds.
Children enjoy being in the outside play space. They get opportunities to mix with other children, enabling them to play together. Toddlers practise pushing themselves along on ride-on cars. They navigate confidently around friends, and wait patiently for the 'road' to clear before taking their turn. Pre-schoolers delight in throwing and spinning hoops, understanding how they can change the direction the hoops turn. Staff offer children quieter periods, to read favourite stories. Children readily snuggle in and point out characters to staff, as they think about and share what might happen next. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- embed staff understanding of the curriculum intent, so that teaching is consistently focused on what they want children to learn next n develop the use of techniques that encourage and support children to communicate their wants, needs and ideas more consistently.
- 23 October 2024Good
- 21 May 2024Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Pippa's House Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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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