Nurseries in Ashtead
There are 7 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Ashtead, and 7 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.
Inspection grades in Ashtead
- Ofsted report cards: 1 setting (6 Strong standard)
- Ofsted grades before November 2025: 4 settings (2 Outstanding, 2 Good)
Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.
Nurseries and pre-schools
- Barnett Wood Pre-School - Day nursery, Ashtead KT21 2DF, ages 2 to 4, 44 placesOfsted, 12 May 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
- Busy Bees Pre-School - Pre-school, Ashtead KT21 2BE, 26 places
- Flying Start Day Nursery Barnesmead - Day nursery, Ashtead KT21 2BT, ages 0 to 4, 57 placesOfsted, 23 February 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
- Flying Start Day Nursery Moorlands - Day nursery, Ashtead KT21 1RW, ages 0 to 4, 58 placesOfsted, 8 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Little Downsend Ashtead - Day nursery, Ashtead KT21 2RE, ages 0 to 4, 65 placesOfsted report card, 15 January 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
- The Burrow - Pre-school, Ashtead KT21 1LE, ages 2 to 4, 35 placesOfsted, 6 July 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- West Ashtead Nursery - Day nursery, Ashtead KT21 2PX, 16 places
Out-of-school clubs and other childcare
- art-K Ashtead - Out-of-school club, Ashtead KT21 1AZ
- Ashtead Tennis Players Club Holiday Camps - Out-of-school club, Ashtead KT21 2BQ
- Kings Camps at City Of London Freemens School - Out-of-school club, Ashtead KT21 1ET
- Red Banana Club Ltd - Out-of-school club, Ashtead KT21 1EA, 40 places
- The Kidsclub Company (Surrey) - Out-of-school club, Ashtead KT21 1SH, 60 places
- The Kidsclub Company (Surrey) Limited - Out-of-school club, Ashtead KT21 2BZ, 40 places
- Why Don't You - Out-of-school club, Ashtead KT21 2LW
Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)
Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.
The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.
Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.
Source: Ofsted reports
Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)
Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.
Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.
Source: Ofsted reports
Funded childcare hours in England
All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.
Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.
Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.
The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.
Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)
Council area
Schools in Ashtead
- Schools in Ashtead
- Barnett Wood Infant School - Primary
- St Giles' CofE (Aided) Infant School - Primary
- The Greville Primary School - Primary
- West Ashtead Primary Academy - Primary
Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.