Attwood Farm Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Hailsham for from 1 year up to school age, open 08:00 to 16:30, 4 days a week. £11.15 an hour for 1-2, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2023. Open since 2001, with 34 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
46 weeks a year.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-212m to 2y | £11.15Non funded hours | |
| 2-32y to 3y | £8.70Non funded hours | |
| 3+3y to 5y | £8.00Non funded hours |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 a session School activities (Baby Yoga & Music/Movement)
- £2.50 to £6.00 a session School activities (Yoga, Music/Movement, Animal Care
- £0.75 snacks
- £2.00 a day Breakfast
- £3.75 a day Nutritious school lunches
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
EYEE funding for all 3+ children and other funding from 1 - 4 years when eligible.
Worth knowing. Free core hours are 08:30 - 16:30 (subject to correct and confirmed government funding). The grant is deducted off the fees, with additional hours at our nursery rates.
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
BN27 4RAWhat 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, 18 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enter the nursery enthusiastically. They are pleased to see their friends and the staff. Children are happy, safe and secure. They understand and follow established routines, hanging up their coats and removing outdoor shoes. Children behave well, responding positively to the high expectations of staff. They are polite and courteous, saying please and thank you, usually without reminders. Children can share and take turns, passing each other toys and other items. Staff use timers to regulate some activities and to help support younger children in their understanding of sharing. Children benefit from nourishing, home-cooked food.
They enjoy sociable mealtimes, chatting together about their experiences and preferences. Cheesy pasta bake is a great favourite.
Children's opportunities for physical development are wide ranging. Outdoors, they climb, run and make use of the ride-on toys confidently. They learn how to manage risk, making sure their friends have moved away from the bottom of the slide before they slide down it. Children have regular trips, such as to the woods, where they explore the natural world and observe seasonal changes. For example, they notice that the trees are beginning to go green and, since their last visit, there are flowers growing.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- focus the planning of activities more sharply on children's identified next steps in learning to support even better progress n support staff in understanding how to use questioning more consistently to support children's critical thinking skills.
- 18 April 2023Good
- 19 April 2017Good
- 1 April 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Attwood Farm Nursery
- 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.
- Is £11.15 an hour still the rate? 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.
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