Queen Mary Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Aldershot for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2013, with 72 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
GU11 1PLWhat 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 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are warmly welcomed by caring and friendly staff, who take the time to get to know each child and their family well. Staff forge close relationships with children, and their interactions are positive. Babies confidently vocalise and use gestures to let staff know they want more to eat, and they snuggle into staff's laps to enjoy their bottle of milk. Children across the nursery are confident and readily allow visitors to join in their play. Their behaviour is good overall and minor disputes are quickly resolved by staff.
The manager and staff have designed a broad and interesting curriculum based around children's interests and learning needs. The outdoor environment is just as well planned for as the indoor rooms, enabling children who prefer to learn and play outside to benefit from activities covering all areas of learning. Older children plan menus at the mud kitchen with real vegetables, and younger children develop their senses as they explore lemons and limes at the water play. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) also benefit from the varied learning environments and receive good care and support from staff to make progress from their individual starting points.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide further support for staff to develop their interactions with children to help them recognise when to simplify their exchanges with younger children and when to provide more challenge during conversations with older and most-able children to develop their thinking skills n enhance the information shared with parents so that they are given more precise details about their children's progress and next steps in learning to support them to extend their children's learning at home.
- 2 July 2024Good
- 17 January 2019Good
- 5 July 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Queen Mary 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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