Age range
Babies to preschool
Tootsies Private Day Nursery in Farnham
Ofsted: Good
(Nov 2024)
Number of places
138 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2024
Local authority
Surrey
About this day nursery
Tootsies Private Day Nursery provides high-quality childcare across two locations, one in Farnham, Surrey, and another in Bordon, Hampshire. The nursery focuses on the all-round development of each child, paying close attention to their emotional, social, and physical needs.
Through various activities, children are encouraged to explore the world around them and engage in imaginative play. The nursery aims to instil in children a love for learning, fostering their curiosity, resilience, creativity, and independence.
Tootsies also prioritises teaching children how to stay safe and healthy. The curriculum, which is built upon the Early Years Foundation Stage educational programmes, focuses on developing confident communicators, active community contributors, and individuals with a strong sense of self and their capabilities.
Both the Farnham and Bordon nurseries received "Good" ratings during their most recent Ofsted inspections.
Our ethos
The nursery's curriculum is built upon the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), aiming to develop children's all-round emotional, social, and physical development. They focus on fostering curiosity, resilience, creativity, and independence through exploration and imaginative play, with the goal of instilling a love for learning and developing confident communicators and individuals with a strong sense of self.
What it's like
Children are welcomed with warmth and benefit from an ethos that fosters independence and curiosity. Staff encourage exploration and experimentation with various materials, allowing children to develop their own ideas. The staff support the youngest children in settling in, responding quickly to their needs with soothing interactions.
High-quality childcareFocus on holistic developmentEYFS-based curriculumStimulating environmentVirtual tours available
Pricing & funding
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Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Tootsies Private Day Nursery
Last inspected 13 November 2024
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Children are welcomed with warmth and benefit from an ethos that fosters independence and curiosity. Staff encourage exploration and experimentation with various materials, allowing children to develop their own ideas. The staff support the youngest children in settling in, responding quickly to their needs with soothing interactions.
Inspector highlights
- Staff help children learn about the world, with children taking walks, swimming lessons, and visiting a local care home.
- Managers value staff and have an accurate insight into areas for future development, focusing on staff training.
- Children have good opportunities for risky play with adult support, learning to be safe.
- Staff promote social skills and independence well through activities that encourage sharing and turn-taking.
- Staff observe children well and plan engaging activities and learning experiences based on their interests and needs.
Areas to develop
- 1support staff to develop a greater understanding of children's communication and language development and how to enable younger children to confidently spend less time using their dummies, so they have more opportunities to use the words and phrases they are learning
- 2strengthen staff's interactions with children, to help them recognise when to simplify their exchanges with younger children and when to hold more in-depth conversations with the older and most able children to develop their thinking skills
- 3support staff to plan more precisely for the afternoons, so that children continue to benefit from good-quality activities and learning experiences throughout the day.
Inspection #10355273 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
"Parents comment that the staff are caring, kind and considerate and know their children well."
"They feel their children are safe and well prepared to start school."
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff provide an inclusive setting and ensure that all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, benefit from a full range of learning experiences. For example, children take part in woodwork, sports, and yoga sessions.
Outdoor space
Children have good opportunities to engage in risky play, such as jumping from large tyres in the garden, while being supported by adults. Staff encourage children to be safe and reinforce rules, like wearing helmets when using bikes, which children demonstrate understanding of by tapping their heads and retrieving helmets from the shed. Inspectors observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.
Parent Reviews of Tootsies Private Day Nursery
5.0
(7)
Tom Dimelow
4 months ago
We are very grateful for the care and support our son received from the childcare team at Tootsies. The staff in all of his rooms were consistently kind, attentive, and genuinely invested in his wellbeing and development. He was made to feel welcome and valued, and it was clear that the team cared deeply about the children they looked after. We always appreciated hearing about his day and the relationships built with the staff. While our circumstances have since changed, we want to recognise the dedication and warmth of the childcare team and thank them for the care they provided during our son’s time at the nursery.
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Emma Sullivan
2 months ago
We love Tootsies and have tried 3 nurseries over the years. They always provide rich opportunities for the kids: not just in the classroom but also yoga, sports, trips to old people's homes, making smoothiesand pizzas etc. Which stands out amongst all the other nurseries. Staff always give lots of love to my daughter and are very friendly to tired mums and give great updates at the end of the day. Sad to be "graduating" to big school this year...
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Rachel Gilliam
2 years ago
My son loved nursery, after sending him to a different nursery which he never got on with I thought i would give tootsies a try, my son settled almost straight away and from the help and support from all the wonderful caring staff his confidence really grew. I cant recommend this nursery enough.
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samantha plumpton
5 years ago
My son loves this nursery. The staff are caring and very professional. The food is great and there is a huge variety of activities every week.Would highly recommend.
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matthew clifford
5 years ago
Both my Kids have loved it here, good car parking for drop off and a friendly team of nursery staff.
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Inspection history
Date: February 2010
- November 2024Good
- November 2018Good
- November 2015Outstanding
- February 2010Good
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