The Monkey House
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Basingstoke for from 2 years up to school age, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 December 2024. Open since 1997, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Registered to accept nursery education grants for 3 and 4 year olds, along with Hampshire’s two year-old-funding.
Worth knowing. We ask that funded 3 and 4 year olds attend for a minimum of 15 hours a week.
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
RG25 2LSWhat 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, 11 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children receive a warm welcome as they arrive at the setting. They confidently separate from their parents. Staff form positive relationships with children and parents. As a result, staff know the children well. All children, including those with special education needs and/or disabilities (SEND), progress well in their learning and development.
There is a clear, ambitious curriculum in place that is understood by all staff. This helps children to develop a range of skills and experiences over time. Children are motivated to learn as they explore the well-considered learning environment.
Children benefit from many opportunities to play and learn. For example, they explore bugs and discuss their differences and familiarities. They count the legs on the bugs and categorise them into groups that crawl or fly. This provides children with opportunities to explore and strengthen mathematical concepts.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review and strengthen hygiene practices, so they are understood by the staff and consistently followed, to ensure high levels of hygiene standards n build on the staff's teaching of behaviour boundaries, so that all children fully understand the impact their actions have on the safety and the feelings of others.
- 11 December 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 16 January 2019Good
- 1 February 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Monkey House
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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