Beckley Preschool
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Rye for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £7.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 1999, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Our hourly rate from September 2025 is £7.00.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
2 year old funding for families in receipt of certain government support – 15 hrs p/week; 2-4 year old funding for working families – up to 30 hrs p/week; 3/4 year old universal funding – 15 hours for all 3/4 year olds from the term after they turn 3 years old.
Worth knowing. The grant covers 38 weeks per year. If you are only entitled to 15 hours per week you will be expected to pay for any hours above the 15 hours. Voluntary fee of £1 per funded hour for 3 and 4 year olds.
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
TN31 6RLWhat 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, 12 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children successfully develop their social skills, which is seen when they play happily together and share their toys. Staff are good role models and gently remind children to be polite and kind. Children listen carefully and respond positively to requests and instructions from staff, which prepares them well for school. Staff support children to respect the ideas and choices of others. For example, they encourage children to vote for the story they would like to hear at circle time and explain that staff will read the book with the most votes.
Children are confident and happy at the pre-school. They settle easily and quickly engage in play. Children show excitement as they arrive, which is seen as they chat with their friends and help each other find their name card. Staff are warm and welcoming and consistently give children lots of praise and encouragement. This promotes children's emotional well-being and helps them to feel safe and secure.
Children successfully develop their independence skills. Staff support and encourage children to try things for themselves. For example, children pour their own drinks at mealtimes and wash up their own plates. Resources are arranged on low, open shelves, so children can freely choose what they want to play with. This helps to enhance their decision-making skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- train staff to support children to access all the high-quality learning opportunities available to them to promote learning to the highest level n support staff to plan learning activities to meet the learning needs of younger children to ensure that they make the best possible progress.
- 12 November 2024Good
- 5 December 2018Good
- 3 July 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Beckley Preschool
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- 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 £7.00 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.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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.