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Toad Hall Nursery Woking

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2023)
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5.0(11 parent reviews)
·Goldwater Lodge, Wishbone Way, Woking, GU21 3RT · Surrey
Number of places
107 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2023
Local authority
Surrey

About this day nursery

Toad Hall Nursery Woking, established in 2002, provides a warm and inviting environment for children aged 0-4 years. Open all year round, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm, it offers a well-organised learning space where children are greeted warmly by enthusiastic staff.

Children move freely between indoors and outdoors, engaging in a variety of activities that ignite their interests, from imaginative play to active outdoor adventures. The nursery focuses on developing children's physical skills, with babies mastering climbing and older children using balance bikes.

The curriculum, rated 'Good' by Ofsted in its July 2023 inspection, is ambitious and tailored to each child, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring they receive targeted teaching. Staff also incorporate real-life experiences into learning, such as planting seeds and tending to vegetables, broadening children's understanding of the world.

Parents commend the staff's attentiveness and appreciate the strong communication, including a lending library to foster a love of reading at home.

What it's like

Children arrive happy and eager to learn at this inviting nursery. They are warmly greeted by friendly and enthusiastic staff, who help to set a positive tone for children's busy day ahead. Staff provide a well-organised learning environment, which includes activities that ignite children's interests. Children move freely between the indoors and outdoors, exploring the variety of interesting activities on offer.

Active outdoor learningAmbitious curriculumMathematical conceptsReal-life experiencesTargeted SEND supportStrong parent partnerships

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Toad Hall Nursery Woking

Last inspected 20 July 2023 · Sonia Panchal

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children arrive happy and eager to learn at this inviting nursery. They are warmly greeted by friendly and enthusiastic staff, who help to set a positive tone for children's busy day ahead. Staff provide a well-organised learning environment, which includes activities that ignite children's interests. Children move freely between the indoors and outdoors, exploring the variety of interesting activities on offer.

Inspector highlights

  • Children love to be active in the fresh air and acquire good control and coordination of their bodies.
  • Staff regularly teach mathematical concepts through routine activities.
  • The manager and staff place a strong emphasis on providing opportunities that children may not have experienced before, such as planting seeds and tending to vegetables.
  • The manager and staff design and implement an ambitious and sequenced curriculum for all children, including those with SEND.
  • The company's senior leaders work closely with the manager to evaluate the overall quality of the nursery and provide support to staff.

Areas to develop

  • 1focus more on staff's professional development opportunities to provide them with clear targets to improve the quality of education to the highest level
  • 2support staff to recognise and respond to opportunities to enhance and extend quieter children's play
Inspection #10301711 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents talk fondly about staff and how attentive they are towards their children.

their children talk enthusiastically about their day at nursery, their friends and staff.

They appreciate the good communication and ideas to support their children's development at home, such as borrowing books from the lending library to promote children's love of reading.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive targeted teaching, which is suitably adapted to meet their individual needs. This helps to ensure that all children make good progress.

Outdoor space

Children love to be active in the fresh air. They acquire good control and coordination of their bodies. For example, babies master climbing on soft play equipment and older children climb, balance and competently manoeuvre around obstacles on balance bikes. Children move freely between the indoors and outdoors, exploring the variety of interesting activities on offer.

Parent Reviews of Toad Hall Nursery Woking

5.0
(11)
Katy Jeffery
2 years ago

My daughter has just finished at Toad Hall after 3 years, and they have been absolutely fantastic from day 1! I could not recommend this nursery enough. The staff are amazing and genuinely care so much about every child. A very safe space in a beautiful setting, with great facilities. We will miss it a lot!

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Veselin Dimitrov
3 years ago

If you need a nursery for your precious little one, look no further. Absolute amazing! Staff is unbelievably friendly and flexible with individual arrangements that work best for parents. Our little soldier started at the age of 10 months and loved it from day one. So much so that he d even grab his bag even on weekends and urge us to take him in. A huge variety of activities indoors, coupled with the unrivaled open space in the backyard, means there s never a boring moment and he would always be absolutely exhausted when we go to pick him up in the afternoon. Foodwise, our 2-year-old is not the fussiest but he has refused to eat nursery food at other nurseries (when we were abroad). At Toad Hall he always has seconds!

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Flo
7 years ago

The nursery is amazing and the staff team as well. Each room has a garden where children can play outside which I really liked when my little man started in 2017. They do a lot of activities throughout the day including the extra classes like music, French and sport - In2sports, which is my son's favourite. What I liked most, was that I didn't have to bring anything except the bag with spare clothes to change when needed throughout the day, didn't have to worry about anything else. We've been very lucky to have such an amazing experience here to get my son ready for school soon to start now. Thank you Toad Hall Woking for all your effort and patience with my son, he can be very stubborn sometimes :)

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Lucy Oliver
4 years ago

My son went to Toad Hall Nursery 4 years ago. He was my first (and only) child and I was working full time. Honestly couldn't fault them. Very secure and caring with superb facilities. I'm only reviewing at this late stage as my son has since had to change both preschools and schools due to bad experiences (and he's recently been diagnosed autistic at 5 years old), so now I've learned what a good environment is and I believe Toad Hall was definitely the best choice for my son when he was young.

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Claire Hamilton
4 years ago

My son has just started here with us recently moving to the area. I was immediately impressed with the facilities on touring the nursery and hearing the details of meals, naptime and how they communicate with parents. Settling for my son went well, his room leader was comforting but confident in getting me to leave him to it. Our son is settling well and the team are taking the time to update us on how he is settling in. I look forward to my other son starting in the baby room soon.

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Inspection history

Date: February 2011

  • July 2023Good
  • January 2018Good
  • January 2015Good
  • February 2011Good

Frequently asked about Toad Hall Nursery Woking

About the setting

Toad Hall Nursery Woking registered in 2002. It is open Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, all year round. There are currently 29 members of staff working at the nursery, 24 of whom hold appropriate qualifications from level 2 to level 6. The nursery is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

URN
EY229741
Registered person
Careroom Limited
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises

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