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Dottie Tots Nursery School in Bordon

Ofsted: Good
(May 2025)
·Kingsley Centre, Forge Road, Bordon, GU35 9ND · Hampshire
Number of places
35 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2025
Local authority
Hampshire

About this day nursery

Dottie Tots Nursery Schools are dedicated to providing child-centred education with a heuristic approach, fostering a love for learning through exploration and play. They aim to nurture each child's unique qualities in a secure and relaxed environment, promoting confidence and self-motivation.

The nurseries offer flexible childcare for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers across their Bentley, Kingsley, and Churt locations. They are open Monday to Friday, from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM, 51 weeks a year.

The curriculum emphasises free-flow play, both indoors and outdoors, and includes freshly prepared meals. The day nursery focuses on creating engaging and safe spaces, with a strong commitment to understanding and catering to each child's individual interests through "in the moment" planning.

Parents consistently praise the caring and supportive staff, the variety of learning activities, and how the day nursery helps children develop confidence and communication skills, particularly highlighting the Forest School sessions.

Our ethos

Dottie Tots Nursery Schools employ a child-centred education with a heuristic approach, fostering a love for learning through exploration and play. They focus on nurturing each child's unique qualities in a secure environment, promoting confidence and self-motivation through "in the moment" planning and free-flow play, both indoors and outdoors. The nursery also highlights its Forest School sessions.

What it's like

On arrival, children show an eagerness to enter this inviting nursery with its home-from-home atmosphere. Staff are warm, nurturing, and highly responsive to children's emotional needs. Children are highly motivated and quickly engage in the learning experiences staff have provided.

Child-centred educationHeuristic learning approachFlexible childcareIn-the-moment planningForest School

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)
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

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

Session types

Flexible packages

Food

Freshly prepared meals

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Dottie Tots Nursery School

Last inspected 6 May 2025

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

On arrival, children show an eagerness to enter this inviting nursery with its home-from-home atmosphere. Staff are warm, nurturing, and highly responsive to children's emotional needs. Children are highly motivated and quickly engage in the learning experiences staff have provided.

Inspector highlights

  • On arrival, children show an eagerness to enter this inviting nursery with its home-from-home atmosphere.
  • Leaders and staff have created an inclusive, child-centred curriculum that is shaped around children's interests and what they need to learn next.
  • The key-person system and bespoke settling-in processes ensure that children's emotional well-being is at the heart of everything they do.
  • Partnerships with parents are a strength of the nursery, with parents receiving daily feedback and updates on their children's progress.
  • The nursery is a highly valued part of the community, supporting community projects and helping children to learn about helping others.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen the procedures for coaching and mentoring staff to provide more consistency in the quality of interactions
  • 2develop further the curriculum for mathematics to improve children's knowledge of mathematical concepts.
Inspection #10394750 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents say the nursery and staff are amazing and they cannot express their gratitude for all the support they receive.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those in receipt of additional funding are well supported. Leaders and staff act promptly when they have concerns about children's development and work closely with other professionals to identify and implement interventions. Additional funding is used effectively to enhance children's learning experiences, such as providing special resources and activities.

Outdoor space

Children show delight as they run, balance on, and jump off tree stumps safely, fostering their physical development. The inspector observed teaching and learning, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's development.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

6 May 2025

Good

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

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