Tootsies Private Day Nursery Ltd
Good★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Farnham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 19:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2009, with 138 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
GU9 9AAWhat 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, 13 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at this nursery to warm greetings, hugs and smiles from staff. They benefit from the nursery ethos to help children become independent, curious learners. For instance, staff enable children to explore materials and develop their own ideas rather than focus on an end product. Older children are provided with the materials to make their own play dough, but staff allow them to add too much water or too much flour, so they can experiment and see what happens. Toddlers also spend a considerable amount of time exploring different materials, such as sand. They show good imagination as they pretend to make cakes. The staff working with the youngest children support them well to settle into nursery life.
They respond quickly to babies' needs and offer soothing interactions and gentle cuddles when babies wake from their sleep.
Staff provide an inclusive setting. They make sure that all children benefit from a full range of learning experiences, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. For example, children take part in woodwork, sports and yoga sessions. Children are polite and well behaved. They are confident to express their thoughts and share their ideas.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to develop a greater understanding of children's communication and language development and how to enable younger children to confidently spend less time using their dummies, so they have more opportunities to use the words and phrases they are learning n strengthen staff's interactions with children, to help them recognise when to simplify their exchanges with younger children and when to hold more in-depth conversations with the older and most able children to develop their thinking skills n support staff to plan more precisely for the afternoons, so that children continue to benefit from good-quality activities and learning experiences throughout the day.
- 13 November 2024Good
- 23 November 2018Good
- 10 November 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Tootsies Private Day Nursery Ltd
- 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.
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