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The Hawthorns Nursery

Ofsted: Strong standard·The Hawthorns School, Pendell Court, Redhill, RH1 4QJ · Surrey
Number of places
24 places
Age range
0–2 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2026
Local authority
Surrey

About this day nursery

The Hawthorns Nursery, established in 2023, is a childcare setting on non-domestic premises in Redhill, offering care for children aged 0-2 years. The nursery operates year-round, Monday to Friday, from 07:15 to 18:00.

Leaders cultivate a welcoming environment and a culture of kindness, with staff adept at identifying and responding to children's changing needs. The dedicated team works closely with leaders to ensure comprehensive support, incorporating new sensory resources to help children regulate their emotions and behaviour.

The nursery prioritises an inclusive approach, with leaders ensuring that staff are well-trained to assess and monitor children's development, allowing for prompt identification of additional support needs. Children at The Hawthorns Nursery have access to specialist therapists, including speech and language, occupational health, and physiotherapy, and the skilled staff receive regular support to help identify and plan for each child's unique requirements.

For children who speak English as an additional language, staff utilise recording devices to foster trusting relationships, and leaders ensure ongoing training to support both behaviour and English as an additional language needs. The nursery actively involves parents through initiatives such as webinars on topics like potty training and positive device use, fostering a collaborative approach to children's learning and development.

The setting is committed to continuous improvement, evidenced by leaders' reflective practices and awareness of areas for further development.

What it's like

Children arrive happily and are greeted warmly. Staff consider the needs of all children when organising the environment and ensure this is welcoming and inviting. Children's engagement in activities is impressive for their age, showing curiosity and a desire to learn.

Welcoming environmentCulture of kindnessDedicated staffExcellent parent partnershipsInclusive approach

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday : 07:15 - 18:00

Age range

6 months to 13 years

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2023

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Strong standard

Last inspected Mar 2026

Headline: Strong 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 routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
0 to 2
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for The Hawthorns Nursery

Last inspected 11 March 2026

What it's like to attend

Children arrive happily and are greeted warmly. Staff consider the needs of all children when organising the environment and ensure this is welcoming and inviting. Children's engagement in activities is impressive for their age, showing curiosity and a desire to learn.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders have created a welcoming environment and a culture of kindness.
  • Staff identify children's changing needs and any new barriers they may face to their learning.
  • Staff know the children very well, and each child has a key person to ensure individual needs are met.
  • Mealtimes are well organised and support children's early awareness of healthy habits.
  • Leaders ensure staff are trained and have the skills to be able to assess and monitor children's development.
  • Leaders are highly reflective and aware of the setting's strengths and areas they wish to develop further.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should continue to support staff practice so that they use every interaction to promote children's learning and embed highly effective teaching across the whole setting.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders ensure staff are trained and have the skills to assess and monitor children's development, allowing them to recognise when additional support may be needed. Children have access to a speech and language therapist, occupational health therapist, and physiotherapist. The skilled staff team receives regular support from leaders to ensure children's needs are identified and planned for.

EAL / language support

Staff have introduced recording devices to help children who speak English as an additional language build trusting, secure relationships with their key people. Leaders ensure staff attend training to support children's behaviour and English as an additional language (EAL).

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

11 March 2026

Strong standard

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

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