Chichester Nursery School, Children and Family Centre
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Chichester for babies from 6 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £5.50 a session for 0-2 Room, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2022. Open since 2005, with 35 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
48 weeks a year.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-2 yearsbirth to 2y | £5.50Packed lunch £8.50Lunch £10.00Hot lunch £11.00After School, 6 hrs £11.50Tea or Breakfast, 1.2 hrs £26.75Core £35.00Afternoon or Morning, 3 hrs | |
| 2-3 Room2y to 3y | £5.50Packed lunch £8.50Lunch £10.00Hot lunch £25.25Core | |
| 3-4 Room3y to 4y | £5.50Packed lunch £10.00Hot lunch |
Funded hours
Government-funded childcare for eligible children from 9 months of age, 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
PO19 7ABWhat 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, 4 July 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are valued as unique and capable individuals. Staff support them to achieve their full potential by delivering an ambitious curriculum. Children's behaviour is exemplary. They learn how to manage their feelings and behaviour from an early age. For example, staff use dinosaurs to talk about feelings, explaining that the dinosaur is sad and encouraging children to think of ways to make it happy. Children consistently show high levels of respect for each other.
They take turns with resources and encourage their friends to join in with their play. They are exceptionally friendly and sociable. Children are well supported by their key person, which helps them to feel safe and secure.
Children have excellent imaginations. They create story lines in their play, such as pretending there is a big bad wolf in the garden. Children run around the garden searching for the wolf and pretending to hide. Other children use the mud kitchen to make cakes for the wolf. They are deeply engaged in their play and learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the curriculum for mathematics, providing children with more opportunities to explore number, patterns and mathematical language.
- 4 July 2022Good
- 9 September 2015Outstanding
- 20 November 2014Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Chichester Nursery School, Children and Family Centre
- 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 £5.50 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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