White Lodge Nursery
Good★ 4.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Chertsey for children from birth to 8+, open 09:30 to 15:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 1998, with 30 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
KT16 0AEWhat 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, 23 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
All children, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities
(SEND), have tremendous fun as they learn. They are eager to enter the warm, welcoming and inclusive environment. On arrival at the nursery, children become visibly excited in anticipation of being greeted by their key person. For instance, they move their body with pleasure and demonstrate that they feel happy, as they have huge smiles on their faces. These positive expressions show that children have developed secure attachments and feel safe and secure in the nursery.
Children benefit from the manager and staff's high expectations of what they can achieve. Robust settling-in procedures enable staff to gather information from parents and other professionals involved in children's care. This ensures that children's overall needs are met from the outset. Staff are in tune with children's individual capabilities. They continually monitor children's progress to ensure that children continue to learn and develop in all areas.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- continue to provide support to staff to help them to recognise when they need to adapt their teaching in response to children's existing skills n provide more consistent opportunities for children to develop their awareness of making healthy food choices and understand how this contributes towards their health and well-being.
- 23 June 2022Good
- 16 March 2016Outstanding
- 4 July 2011Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for White Lodge 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.