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The Red Oak Sure Start Children’s Centre
The Red Oak Sure Start Children’s Centre is open 8am-6pm Monday- Friday (8.30am-4.30pm during school holidays) and has been rated by Ofsted as ‘good’.
Based on the site of Furzefield Primary school, we are at the heart of the Merstham community and are a ‘one-stop shop’ for children under 5 and their families. We provide advice, information, support, courses, activities and more. We also have an onsite preschool.
Our area primarily covers Merstham, Bletchingley, Nutfield and South Nutfield, although families from anywhere are welcome to access our services and activities. Priority when needed, will be given to families inside our reach area.
Please send us your feedback on any activities or groups you have attended at the Children’s Centre, as this will help us make sure we’re providing the right services as well as where we need to improve.
Latest News
Summer Holiday Timetable 29th July – 6th September 2019
Please click on the link to see our summer holiday timetable! Summer Holiday Programme 2019
As you may know there will be changes this year to children’s centres and how Surrey County Council supports families.
The new approach will involve Surrey County Council focusing its resources on helping the families most in need of support, which means that some of the existing children’s centres will close and others will become Family Centres. Surrey County Council will no longer provide universal services for all families at Family Centres but other organisations, such as health visitors, may offer these at the centres and at other community venues.
You can use the Family Information Directory to find universal and other services, support groups, activities, events and more.
The changes will take place at different times across Surrey’s 11 districts and boroughs, so to make sure families can find out what is happening in their area the district and borough pages have been updated explaining the new family centre offer, the borough pages have also been updated to show the location of the new Family Centres going forward and indicative dates of those that are closing.
