Ripley Pre-School
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Woking 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 February 2025. Open since 2013, with 24 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 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
GU23 6EDWhat 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.
- 21 October 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 5 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
As children arrive, they are warmly welcomed by the friendly, caring staff, who understand each child's unique personality. Children are happy and eager to take part in activities. The children who are new to the pre-school receive lots of support and attention to help them settle at their own pace. Children build close relationships with staff. They actively seek them out to join in their games.
The pre-school focuses on promoting children's personal, social and emotional development to help them learn to make friends and enhance their well-being.
Children behave well and are developing good social skills. Staff model kindness and good manners, and children mirror this when talking to their friends. For example, children apologise and make sure that their friends are okay after bumping into them. This demonstrates that children are developing an understanding of the potential impact of their own behaviour on others. Staff support children's communication skills well. For example, they extend children's language by adding new words as they play and repeat back their speech to support their pronunciation.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to develop a more secure understanding of how to target activities to support the skills and knowledge children need to learn next.
- 5 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 29 February 2024Needs improvement
- 14 May 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ripley 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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