Artemis St Leonards
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in St. Leonards-On-Sea for babies from a few weeks old up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2025. Open since 2007, with 31 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Eligible working parents of children from 9 months to under 5 years of age will be entitled to 30 hours of childcare each week. We either offer this as a 30 hour a week package [you are able to do more] for 38 weeks of the year and parents are expected to pay for the remaining 13 weeks. We also do a 25 hour per week stretched offer which can either be all year round or term time only and is across.
Worth knowing. Parents are expected to pay for the remaining 13 weeks.
What childcare usually costs in East Sussex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in East Sussex from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
TN37 6HRWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 24 April 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children's unique qualities are clearly understood and welcomed in this homely, child-centred nursery. Leaders and staff take time to plan for every child's personal needs from the moment they join the nursery. Staff are dedicated towards ensuring each child has the best start to their learning journey. Staff help children to become confident, competent learners. For example, children are keen to develop their knowledge and try new things. These skills support them well for starting school.
Children develop very positive attitudes towards learning. Staff prepare activities that enable children to build their understanding and develop their range of skills.
Children excitedly remember things they have previously learned. For example, when they are gardening, children talk about what they did when they planted seeds before, and they recall relevant information.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop the organisation of the daily routine to enable children to practise and consolidate skills they have already learned, particularly at mealtimes n support staff to provide children with appropriate and consistent explanations to aid their learning and understand how to keep themselves, and others, safe.
- 24 April 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 23 July 2019Good
- 2 June 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Artemis St Leonards
- What it costs
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.