West Byfleet Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in West Byfleet for from 2 years 4 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £14.00 a session for 2-year-olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2010, with 76 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, price list dated September 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-year-olds2y to 3y | £61.00unfunded core £100.00 | £14.00Breakfast Club 8am – 9am, 1 hrs £27.50Penguins Club 3pm – 6pm, 3 hrs £30.50unfunded core | |
| 3-year-olds3y to 4y | £57.00unfunded core £92.00 | £12.00Breakfast Club 8am – 9am, 1 hrs £25.50Penguins Club 3pm – 6pm, 3 hrs £28.50unfunded core |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £15.00 per 15 minutes Late collection fineper 15 minutes or part thereof
- £25.00 Late payment feeinvoices left unpaid after 30 days
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.50 a half day Consumables contribution per half dayfor those accessing funded sessions, includes Personal care – nappies, wipes, nappy cream
- £5.00 a day Consumables contribution per full dayfor those accessing funded sessions, includes Personal care – nappies, wipes, nappy cream
Funded hours
15 hours universal entitlement, 30 hours working families entitlement, and 2-year-old funding.
Worth knowing. Consumables charge contribution of £5 per full day and £2.50 per half day for funded sessions; parents can opt out by providing their own items.
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
KT14 6EFWhat 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.
- 9 March 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 27 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The nursery has lots of links within the local community and embraces families at the very heart of its values and vision. Children are settled and happy, and this includes new children to the setting. Through a well-thought-out and robust settling-in process, all families and children settle quickly into the nursery routines.
Children build strong attachments with staff members who are very attentive and kind. They are highly responsive to children's needs and requirements to help them to feel safe and secure. Staff place an importance on helping all children to feel respected for their individual characters and personalities. For instance, a new initiative has been introduced around supporting children's emotional literacy, and this has helped them to build a deeper understanding of their own emotions.
Children behave well and are starting to recognise and respond to the differing emotions of others around them.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- make better use of the popular outdoor play times to enhance children's learning.
- 27 February 2024Good
- 26 March 2018Good
- 21 March 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for West Byfleet Nursery
- 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 £14.00 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.