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Tadpoles Community Pre-School

Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2025)
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5.0(2 parent reviews) ·c/o Frogmore Infants School, Green Lane, Camberley, GU17 0NY · Hampshire
Number of places
50 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2025
Local authority
Hampshire

About this day nursery

Tadpoles Community Pre-School, located in Camberley, Surrey, operates from a purpose-built setting on the grounds of Frogmore Infant School. Registered in 2000, it provides full-day care for children aged 2 to 4, with a total of 50 places and 52 children currently on roll.

The pre-school is open Monday to Friday, term time only, from 8 am to 3:30 pm. All staff are highly qualified, holding relevant early years qualifications from level 3 to level 6.

The setting prides itself on fostering warm, trusting relationships, ensuring children settle happily and confidently. Leaders are committed to an inclusive curriculum with ambitious expectations for every child, including those receiving additional funding and children with SEND, ensuring that all children make good progress from their individual starting points.

Children enjoy a stimulating outdoor area, engaging in activities like bug hunts and tending to their allotment, cultivating curiosity and social skills.

What it's like

Staff build warm, trusting relationships with children, leading to children arriving happily and settling with confidence. Children thoroughly enjoy their time in the outdoor area and access a broad range of learning experiences. All children make good progress in their learning from their starting points, supported by a sensitive settling-in process and excellent behaviour guidance, which helps them become kind and form positive friendships.

Warm relationshipsStimulating activitiesInclusive curriculumStrong parent partnershipsOutdoor learningGood progress

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, term time only, from 8am to 3.30pm

Term time / All Year

Term_time_only

Established

2000

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Tadpoles Community Pre-School

Last inspected 22 September 2025

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Staff build warm, trusting relationships with children, leading to children arriving happily and settling with confidence. Children thoroughly enjoy their time in the outdoor area and access a broad range of learning experiences. All children make good progress in their learning from their starting points, supported by a sensitive settling-in process and excellent behaviour guidance, which helps them become kind and form positive friendships.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff build warm, trusting relationships with children, helping them to settle with confidence.
  • A good range of stimulating indoor and outdoor activities sparks children's curiosity and engagement.
  • Leaders place inclusion at the heart of the curriculum and set ambitious expectations for every child.
  • All children make good progress in their learning from their starting points.
  • Staff implement a sensitive settling-in process, including home visits, to meet children's individual needs.
  • Children's behaviour is very good, demonstrating kindness, positive friendships, and adherence to routines.
  • The curriculum is well-sequenced and ambitious, building progressively on what children already know and can do.
  • Partnerships with parents are a strength, with open communication, regular updates on progress, and collaborative discussions.
  • The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with an open and positive culture.
  • Staff foster a language-rich environment where conversation, songs and storytelling are central to daily routines.

Areas to develop

  • 1Enhance the quality of teaching to ensure that quieter and less-confident children have more opportunities to develop their communication skills and express their ideas during group activities.
  • 2Build on existing professional development opportunities to support staff to consistently extend children's learning during their interactions.
Inspection #10407968 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with SEND are very well supported. Staff identify additional needs promptly and implement advice from external professionals effectively. They adapt the curriculum and learning environment to ensure that all children with SEND can access learning confidently alongside their peers. Leaders use additional funding meaningfully to further enhance the provision.

Outdoor space

Children thoroughly enjoy their time in the outdoor area and can access a broad range of learning experiences. The outdoor environment is thoughtfully set up to provide an immersive extension of the indoor curriculum. Children work together collaboratively as they build obstacle courses and learn to take safe, measured risks. They show immense pride in their allotment area, where they grow fruit and vegetables.

Parent Reviews of Tadpoles Community Pre-School

5.0
(2)
Ruth Harvey
9 years ago

Excellent pre school, amazing staff mu boys love it there.

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Inspection history

Date: November 2011

  • September 2025Good
  • January 2020Good
  • June 2015Outstanding
  • November 2011Outstanding

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