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Dottie Tots Nursery School in Farnham

Ofsted: Expected standard·Village Hall, Crossways, Farnham, GU10 2JA · Surrey
Number of places
35 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2025
Local authority
Surrey

About this day nursery

Dottie Tots Nursery School, located in Farnham, provides childcare for children aged 0–4 years. Registered with Ofsted in 2023 and registered with Ofsted on 04/09/2023, the day nursery operates all year round from 7:30 to 18:00, Monday to Friday.

The setting received a "Good" overall rating during its latest inspection on 13/11/2025. It boasts a strong commitment to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, ensuring all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make progress from their starting points.

The staff work closely with parents and other professionals to offer tailored support, adapting the curriculum as needed. Children at Dottie Tots Nursery School benefit from a rich outdoor learning environment that encourages active physical play, helping older children develop coordination by maneuvering ride-on cars.

Staff also focus on life skills, teaching children to put on their coats and fasten zips before going outside. The day nursery places a strong emphasis on fostering emotional bonds and social skills, helping children feel a sense of belonging and building friendships through sharing and turn-taking, ensuring a well-rounded and supportive environment for early development.

Our ethos

Dottie Tots Nursery Schools focus on a heuristic, child-centred approach, nurturing each child's individuality to foster confident, self-motivated, and independent learners through exploration, play, and self-discovery. Activities are planned in the moment based on children's interests within safe and warm environments.

What it's like

Children enjoy learning and feel a strong sense of belonging, developing bonds with kind and caring staff who support their emotional well-being. They build friendships and learn social skills like sharing and turn-taking, fostering independence and confidence. The curriculum is designed for different ages and needs, focusing on healthy lifestyles, active play, and new foods, which helps children achieve well across all areas.

Nurturing emotional bondsActive physical playSecure routinesInclusive provisionPurposeful activitiesGood attitudes to learning

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday 07:30 to 18:00 - 51 weeks a year

Age range

9 months - 4 years

Term time / All Year

All_year

Food

Freshly prepared meals

Registered with Ofsted

2023

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Nov 2025

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted report for Dottie Tots Nursery School

Last inspected 13 November 2025 · Tara Naylor

Safeguarding effective

What it's like to attend

Children enjoy learning and feel a strong sense of belonging, developing bonds with kind and caring staff who support their emotional well-being. They build friendships and learn social skills like sharing and turn-taking, fostering independence and confidence. The curriculum is designed for different ages and needs, focusing on healthy lifestyles, active play, and new foods, which helps children achieve well across all areas.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders and staff demonstrate a deep understanding of the importance of nurturing emotional bonds with children, including the very youngest children.
  • Children benefit from a wide range of opportunities for active physical play.
  • Children develop secure routines that promote their physical health and overall wellbeing very successfully.
  • Leaders and staff are passionate about providing an inclusive provision for all children.
  • Staff use their knowledge to plan purposeful activities around children's everyday experiences to support and embed foundations for future learning well.
  • Children develop good attitudes to learning and achieve well across the curriculum.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should strengthen targeted professional development opportunities to enhance staff's knowledge and skills, enabling them to better support children's overall progress.
  • 2Leaders should support staff to make more effective use of learning opportunities within activities, in order to extend children's thinking skills.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, benefit from a curriculum that helps them to make progress from their starting points. Staff work closely with parents, the local authority, and other professionals to offer tailored support, reviewing and adapting the curriculum as needed.

Outdoor space

Children benefit from a wide range of opportunities for active physical play, with older children confidently manoeuvring ride-on cars outdoors, strengthening their coordination and control. Staff teach children to put on coats and fasten zips when going outdoors.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

13 November 2025

Expected standard

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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