Potley Hill Community Pre-School
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Yateley for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 July 2025. Open since 2010, with 36 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
GU46 6AGWhat 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, 4 July 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and independent and thrive in this caring pre-school. From the outset, staff get to know the children and their families well. This helps them gain a good understanding of children's interests and stages of development. Children feel safe and have strong bonds with the staff. As such, children behave well and quickly settle into their chosen play activities.
Leaders and staff plan a highly ambitious curriculum that is designed to motivate and engage children. Staff thoughtfully set up learning opportunities for children to choose and follow their curiosity. For instance, children paint pictures that are inspired by a sea display. Staff plan and provide a vast number of opportunities for children to be physically active, both in the large pre-school outdoor garden and at the forest school. Young toddlers use their large muscles to carry big containers of water as they mix their creations of 'puddings' in the mud kitchen. Older children learn new skills, such as using a whittling knife as they peel carrots. Furthermore, children are skilful as they climb trees and refine their balance on the rope swing in the forest school. These opportunities help children to make excellent progress with their physical skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to help children learn about the benefits of eating healthy foods, to promote their ability to make healthy food choices n strengthen support for staff to be consistent in their behaviour management strategies to help children to learn why their unwanted behaviour is not acceptable, and how it has an impact on others.
- 4 July 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 2 December 2019Good
- 23 September 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Potley Hill Community Pre-School
- 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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