Boundstone Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Lancing for babies from 9 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £11.50 a session for 0-2 Room, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2004, with 12 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Breakfast - 8am-9am · £11.50 · £10.50 · £8.00 ·
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Government-funded childcare for eligible children from 9 months of age; eligible working families may be able to access 30 hours of funded childcare.
Worth knowing. Funded hours are available during term time and can be used across a pattern of sessions, subject to availability. While the funding covers the cost of early education, additional charges may apply for hot meals or hours taken beyond the funded entitlement.
What childcare usually costs in West Sussex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in West 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
BN15 9QXWhat 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, 2 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are extremely motivated by this inspiring learning environment, designed specifically for two- and three-year-old children. They explore the exciting activities with great confidence, constantly smiling and laughing with the attentive staff.
Children are consistently engaged in enjoyable learning and frequently make choices about their day. They decide whether to play indoors or with the many outdoor play activities. Children easily collect the resources they need to enhance their play. For instance, they take pencils and clip boards to write and draw outside. Children share musical instruments to play as they ride on their pretend bus. They develop independence and show exceptionally positive attitudes they need for future learning.
Children benefit greatly from the strong culture of inclusion. All children, including those with complex special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are nurtured and very well cared for. They have excellent opportunities to learn through sensory activities, such as painting with their fingers or watching sparkly lights in the sensory room. Children quickly learn to consider others, accept and help each other. Staff use songs very well to remind children about previous learning and reinforce clear expectations. For example, children join in a safety song as they help each other climb a wall of tyres and slide down the other side.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review and improve the system for monitoring, so that staff practice is consistently of high quality.
- 2 November 2022Good
- 11 January 2017Outstanding
- 8 October 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Boundstone Nursery School
- 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 £11.50 a session 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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