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Christopher Robin Day Nursery in Guildford (GU4)

Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2025)
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5.0(18 parent reviews) ·The Vicarage, Burpham Lane, Guildford, GU4 7LZ · Surrey
Number of places
50 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2025
Local authority
Surrey

About this day nursery

Christopher Robin Day Nursery provides a high standard of care and education within a secure and nurturing setting. The nursery adopts an approach that supports children's development across seven key areas, including communication, physical development, and personal-social-emotional growth, as well as literacy, mathematics, understanding the world, and expressive arts and design.

The curriculum is delivered through play-based activities, both indoors and outdoors, enabling children to explore, engage actively, and develop critical thinking skills.

Our ethos

We treat every child as unique, and ensure we deliver all learning opportunities, taking into account each child's individual needs and requirements, and to respect and appreciate their achievements.

What it's like

Children are warmly welcomed into an inviting home-from-home nursery where staff respond to their unique care needs with kindness and care. Staff teach children the importance of good social skills, modelling manners, kindness, and courtesy, which contributes to overall good behaviour. The well-rounded curriculum motivates learning, with leaders prioritising independence, confidence, and a resilient attitude to prepare children for school.

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Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year, excluding bank holidays.

Established

1994

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Christopher Robin Day Nursery

Last inspected 11 August 2025 · Tara Naylor

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children are warmly welcomed into an inviting home-from-home nursery where staff respond to their unique care needs with kindness and care. Staff teach children the importance of good social skills, modelling manners, kindness, and courtesy, which contributes to overall good behaviour. The well-rounded curriculum motivates learning, with leaders prioritising independence, confidence, and a resilient attitude to prepare children for school.

Inspector highlights

  • Children learn age-appropriate routines to promote independence, such as babies wiping their hands and pre-schoolers self-serving food.
  • Leaders and staff share a vision for high-quality care and learning experiences that build on children's knowledge and skills.
  • Staff create strong connections with the local community, including trips and inviting professionals to talk to children.
  • Children enjoy learning about the natural world by planting, growing, tending, and harvesting plants in the garden.
  • Staff develop good relationships with local schools to support older children's transitions, including visits to schools and inviting teachers to the nursery.

Areas to develop

  • 1help staff to focus more sharply on the learning intent when planning activities to help tailor teaching that more precisely builds on children's knowledge and skills
  • 2support staff to consistently apply shared behaviour approaches to help older children recognise expectations and confidently manage small disagreements with their peers independently.
Inspection #10408176 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak positively about the nursery.

They say that communication between staff and parents is good.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

Parents speak positively about the plentiful opportunities children have to be physically active outdoors. Children enjoy learning about the natural world, planting, growing, tending and harvesting plants within the garden, as staff teach them about growth and change.

Parent Reviews of Christopher Robin Day Nursery

5.0
(18)
Pippa Stokes
2 months ago

Our son has attended Christopher Robin for the past year and a half, and he absolutely loves it. The staff are wonderful and know him so well. They were incredibly supportive when he first started at one year old, when he found it hard to separate from us. He quickly formed a strong relationship with his key person and the rest of the team, and now he confidently walks in without looking back. We really appreciate the daily updates and photos we receive on the app, which not many other nurseries seem to offer. The nursery and staff are all fantastic, and we couldn't recommend it highly enough.

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Sheena Regan
2 months ago

Christopher Robin Burpham is a wonderful day nursery which our daughter has attended since she was 12months old, she is so happy there. She does lots of fun activities each day, I get nice updates via the app and the staff are always friendly and helpful. Her speech and other skills have developed so much due to her time at nursery and we are so thankful to have found a place she enjoys and is safe and well looked after.

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Shaughna Doyle
3 months ago

A fantastic nursery with amazing staff, our daughter loves the nursery and we feel confident that she is happy and safe in their care. The facilities are great, particularly the garden, and there are always plenty of things for the children to do which support their development. Staff are warm and caring, through from the baby room right up to the pre-school room, and seem to genuinely care for the children. I can't recommend Christopher Robin Burpham highly enough!

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Freddie Bell
3 months ago

Our child is loving life at Christopher Robin - evident by the fact that they are always delighted to see the staff on drop off and does not look back! On pick up, they always appears to be in the middle of some fun activity with the staff and/or other children, rather than simply waiting to be collected. The staff are all incredibly friendly and provide helpful summaries of each day's activities, as well as broader updates on our child's longer term learning development. This has come on leaps and bounds since their time at Christopher Robin, including their speech, counting, etc., and I am excited for how they can help them develop further. The management raise wider conversations (e.g. moving up classes) sensitively and in a timely fashion, and always keep us up to date with any relevant going ons at the nursery. I would highly recommend Christopher Robin Burpham to other parents.

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Sara Curran
3 months ago

Our little girl has been at the nursery for 4 weeks now, and we are really pleased we chose Christopher Robin in Burpham. Like any parent, it's a big adjustment leaving your little one in the hands of others for such extended periods of time, but she has really taken to the team and she really enjoys her time there. They have great facilities, allowing our little one to have plenty of outdoor time, and she enjoys taking part in regular activities. The team have also been great with us - providing regular feedback on her development, keeping us informed on things throughout the day, and clearly take amazing care of the children and are very passionate about what they do and the care they provide.

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Inspection history

Date: May 2010

  • August 2025Good
  • January 2020Good
  • July 2015Outstanding
  • May 2010Good

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