Full-day nursery in Guildford, Surrey
Pippas House Nursery
Wharf House, Wharf Road, Guildford, GU1 4RP · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since January 2022Reference 2670697Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 21 May 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places73 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 23 February 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Wharf House, Wharf Road, Guildford, GU1 4RP · More nurseries in GU1
Stations
- Guildford9 min walk · 0.4 miles
- London Road (Guildford)14 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Cricket Ground, Police Station and Recreation Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Recreation Road Recreation Ground6 min walk
- Foxenden Quarry9 min walk
- Stoke Park10 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Surrey there are about 2.6 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
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Pippas House Nursery is a full-day nursery at Wharf House, Wharf Road, Guildford, GU1 4RP, in Guildford, Surrey. It is registered for 73 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Sweetmile Limited.
Run by Sweetmile Limited (company), which runs 7 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pippas House NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Child's Play Pre-schoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Sandfield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2022 0.3 miles
- Royal Grammar School Guildford ages 3–18has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- Guildford High School ages 4–19 0.6 miles
- Castle Garden School ages 5–18 0.6 miles
- St Nicolas' Church of England Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.7 miles
- Pewley Down Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Outstandinginspected July 2024 0.7 miles
- Queen Eleanor's Church of England School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 0.9 miles
- Weyfield Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Pippas House Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Pippas House Nursery Good at its inspection on 21 May 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Pippas House Nursery take?
Pippas House Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 73 children at any one time.
Who runs Pippas House Nursery?
Pippas House Nursery is run by Sweetmile Limited, which runs 7 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Pippas House Nursery?
Guildford is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2670697 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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