Chantry House Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.1 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Chichester for babies from 3 months up to school age, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 December 2022. Open since 2007, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funding is available for 38 weeks of the year and this can be stretched to cover up to 50 weeks of the year we are open.
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
PO19 8ELWhat 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.
- 23 July 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 20 October 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 1 December 2021 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 1 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and arrive at the nursery full of excitement. They thrive from close attachments with kind staff. Children receive cuddles when they feel tired or in need of reassurance. Staff work well together to create a welcoming and cosy environment. For example, babies and young children are provided with peaceful areas for daytime sleeping. Children are comforted when going to sleep and wake up naturally from their naps.
Children's communication and language skills are supported well. Staff ask children questions and provide words to help their growing vocabulary. Children develop an interest in books, enjoy listening to stories and join in with singing familiar songs and rhymes. Additional props and musical instruments are also used to make learning fun and enjoyable. In addition, children borrow books from the nursery to read at home with their family. Children are becoming great communicators and are making good progress.
Children are eager to get ready to go outside, and older children independently put on their coats. Siblings delight at being able to play together in the garden.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the curriculum for mathematics to further support children to count and use number during their play n further support younger children at transition times and to understand the impact their behaviour has on others, to help them manage their feelings and behaviours effectively.
- 1 December 2022Good
- 23 June 2022Inadequate
- 20 October 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Chantry House 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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