St Matthew's Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Redhill for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 1993, with 66 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
FEET for 2 year olds (Disadvantaged two year olds); Universal for 3 & 4 year olds. (From the term after your child's third birthday); Working Parent Funding. (Apply before the term begins).
Worth knowing. Fees are payable for children before they are entitled to funded childcare or if you would like extra sessions as well as funded sessions.
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
RH1 1DLWhat 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, 6 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy having the opportunity to make choices in their play. For example, they excitedly re-enact home situations that they watch staff demonstrate as part of their interactions with them. Children wrap their babies up in blankets and put them to sleep in their cots. They enjoy a 'tea party' with their friends and learn to iron their clothes. Children develop a good understanding of how to invite others into their play and extend their ideas by playing alongside each other.
Children are very confident for their age and stage of development. They are proud to show visitors their creations, including models that they have made of clay. They are eager to select books to share. Staff share high expectations for children's development. Children with English as an additional language make particularly good progress from their starting points. They begin to read repeated phrases from books that staff have previously read with them and excitedly move their hands to the rhythm of word patterns.
Children learn to manage risks in their own play. For example, when playing outdoors, staff help them to recognise that the rain is making some equipment slippy. Children use brooms and towels to dry the water off and learn that if the rain stops, the equipment will now be safe to use.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review rules and boundaries for group times to promote consistently good levels of listening and attention and encourage all children to contribute n help children to learn the sequence of knowledge and skills they need to manage some aspects of routine tasks more independently.
- 6 March 2023Good
- 11 July 2017Good
- 18 March 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Matthew's Pre-School
- What it costs
- 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
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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.