Bluebell Barn Children's Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Pevensey for babies from 9 months 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 November 2022. Open since 2005, with 83 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Government funding is available for children from the age of 9 months to 4 years.
Worth knowing. At Bluebell Children's Nurseries, we 'stretch' the funding across the 51 weeks a year that we are open.
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
BN24 5ESWhat 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.
- 27 September 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 8 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and safe at the nursery. Babies are excited to explore sensory materials available to them, positioned at different levels. As a result, they begin to develop their small-muscle skills and independence. Toddlers learn to be independent by serving their own lunch and pouring their drinks. This allows them to learn specific physical skills needed to grasp utensils. In addition, this improves their hand-to-eye coordination skills.
Children have opportunities to develop their physical skills well. They join in and help each other to build an obstacle course in the garden. Children delight in talking about how they are balancing. Children show high levels of cooperation as they queue to take turns on the obstacle course.
Children show positive attitudes to learning and each other. Staff set high expectations for children's behaviour. They skilfully support children to resolve minor conflicts by teaching them simple strategies. This empowers children to handle these situations on their own. Children have opportunities to develop their imaginative skills. For example, a large building site next to the nursery has been replicated by staff in the children's outdoor play area. In addition, children learn about the construction industry and how houses are built. Staff encourage them to look at the building site as it changes over time.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on recent improvements to further enhance information-sharing with parents/carers to provide a clear picture of their child's development n support staff to consider more precisely the vocabulary and language skills they want children to learn.
- 8 November 2022Good
- 4 January 2017Good
- 4 November 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bluebell Barn Children's Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
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