Sutherland Day Nursery
Good★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Surbiton for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2008, 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 Kingston upon Thames
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Kingston upon Thames 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
KT6 7BBWhat 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, 7 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The nursery ensures that positive relationships, with the families of children who attend, are quickly established. There is a clear settling-in procedure and children's starting points are used to support staff in planning a child-centred approach to learning. The effective key-person system, and strong bonds that staff form with children, enables children to feel safe and secure in their environment.
Staff encourage children to be independent and also work together as part of a team. Children respond well to instructions given to them by staff. For example, toddlers and pre-schoolers follow instructions for giving out the plates and cups at snack time and tidying away after they have finished eating. Babies enjoy the praise and encouragement and responsibility of collecting the balls up after a throwing activity.
Staff support children well as they engage in imaginative play. Babies enjoy roleplay cooking and staff support their language development as they play. Staff model stirring, filling and emptying. Older children enjoy listening to heartbeats using stethoscopes and taking temperatures as they role-play being doctors. Staff use effective questioning to further support and extend their play. This supports children's engagement and enjoyment.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to ensure they make their expectations of safe and suitable ways to behave clear to children n consider ways to organise resources, activities and equipment more effectively to ensure children can better navigate their environment and fully access and consolidate all learning opportunities.
- 7 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 2 December 2019Good
- 3 March 2014Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sutherland Day 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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