The Burrow
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Ashtead for from 2 years up to school age, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £10.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2021, though that is 5 years ago now. Open since 2014, with 35 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £10.00If required £30.00unfunded £60.00unfunded £70.00unfunded £90.00unfunded |
Funded hours
Universal Funding and Working Parent Entitlement.
Worth knowing. Government funding covers 3 hours per session of standard EYFS provision only. It does not include additional resources, services, events or any other specialist provision. Once all our fully funded places are filled, we ask parents of other funded children to make our ’Burrow Explorer’ contribution.
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
KT21 1LEWhat 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 July 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children develop their physical skills well when they learn in the outdoor learning environment. Staff supervise children well, enabling them to take calculated risks.
Children use hammers to hit nails into wood, and they climb on structures in the woodland. Children show a sense of achievement with their 'proud face' when they have succeeded. Children use their imagination to create things from the wide range of household and natural materials. For example, they make an 'octopus house' from stones and plant pots. Children enjoy pretending to be a teacher and travelling to the seaside on the train. They hold a seashell to their ear and say, 'I
can hear the sea'. Children dress up and use a range of equipment, including walking sticks and a stethoscope to listen to their heartbeat.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure that all staff are clear on children's individual developmental needs in order to strengthen the implementation of planned learning experiences n provide more opportunities for all children to express their ideas and thoughts, particularly at story time.
- 6 July 2021Good
- 18 May 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Burrow
- 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.
- Is £10.00 a session still the rate? 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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.