Holy Trinity Pre-School

Home visits, shared stories and learning to manage everyday tasks give Holy Trinity Pre-School in Brookwood its character. This is a setting where the January 2025 account of daily life centred on relationships and growing independence. Its home is Woodhill Church & Hall on Connaught Road, and it has 40 places in total.

At its 23 January 2025 inspection, Ofsted rated the pre-school Good, judged safeguarding effective and found that staff worked effectively with parents and professionals to arrange targeted support for children. Children attending at that time were aged two to four. Those are useful foundations for a family considering a first experience of childcare, although larger-group engagement and support for managing behaviour needed attention in January 2025.

The early years foundation stage provides the framework for children's learning, development and care: everyday play supports communication, physical skills, relationships and preparation for later learning. The January 2025 activities illustrate how that framework translated into children's experiences here. Conversation accompanied play, with adults introducing vocabulary as activities unfolded. This placed language within something children were already doing, giving new words a practical context.

Books supplied another route into language. In January 2025, children had fiction and factual books to explore, while adults used questions during reading to draw out what children understood. Children discussed pictures and anticipated what might follow in a story. The emphasis was on taking part in the reading, rather than simply hearing it.

Everyday independence also featured in that January account. Children practised getting dressed, managing toileting and seeking assistance when necessary. Recognising their own names, sharing resources and taking turns connected preparation for the next stage with ordinary routines. These are concrete experiences for parents weighing how a pre-school day differs from time at home.

Family backgrounds helped shape celebrations in January 2025. Staff gathered information about children's cultures and festivals when they joined, then brought these into activities. That gave children opportunities to explore differences and similarities through the lives of people they knew.

Before children started, the January 2025 arrangements included visits to their homes and introductory sessions at the setting. These gave adults time to learn about individual needs before regular attendance began. During play, children could return to staff for comfort, making the relationship with adults part of the day rather than something reserved for difficult moments.

Planning also began with conversations about what a child could already do. In January 2025, assessments helped staff identify where further support was needed, and additional funding paid for resources and experiences tailored to individual children. For families whose child needs extra help, the practical point is this combination of parental knowledge, observation and targeted provision.

Communication continued after settling. In January 2025, parents received ongoing feedback and could attend informal discussions at the pre-school. This offered opportunities to talk about care as well as learning, rather than treating the two as separate matters.

At the January 2025 inspection, Ofsted identified two priorities: making larger-group activities engaging for every child and improving staff responses when children struggled to manage their feelings and behaviour. The youngest children sometimes lost interest during group activities; changes between activities could also leave some children overexcited, with adults responding inconsistently. These concerns matter alongside the positive account of relationships.

The Brookwood setting is at Woodhill Church & Hall, Connaught Road, Brookwood, Woking GU24 0AS. Contact is through 07513875436 or info@holytrinitypre-school.com; using the Brookwood telephone number identifies the correct setting when making an enquiry.

In January 2025, opening hours were 7.30am to 6pm on weekdays, with attendance during term time. This was an opening window, rather than a description of individual bookable sessions. At that time, the pre-school received funding for early education for children aged two, three and four. Families should obtain a current written quotation for prices.

Parents can also contribute beyond conversations about their own child. The Pre-School Connections Group meets each term to discuss initiatives, fundraising and practice, and invites parents to express interest in representing families at Brookwood. This provides a route for contributing ideas about the setting's wider work.

• Younger children's group activities. In January 2025, the youngest children sometimes disengaged during larger gatherings. During a visit, ask how activities now accommodate children at different stages.
• Support during changes of activity. The January 2025 concern involved inconsistent help when children became overexcited. Ask how staff now support children through these transitions.
• Term-time planning. The January 2025 opening arrangement followed term time. Ask which attendance patterns and opening hours apply to Brookwood now before matching care to work commitments.

Holy Trinity Pre-School suits families seeking a pre-school experience built around relationships, conversation, books and everyday independence. The January 2025 picture offers concrete reasons to consider it: introductory contact before starting, communication with parents and support shaped around individual needs. Families considering the term-time arrangement described then should weigh those strengths alongside the two improvement priorities, especially for a younger child or one who finds transitions difficult.