Davison Day Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Worthing for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £32.00 a session for baby Room, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in December 2022. Open since 2003, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Room | £32.00B: 1pm - 5pm, 4 hrs £40.00A: 8am - 1pm, 5 hrs £72.00C: 8am - 5pm, 9 hrs | |
| Toddler Room | £32.00B: 1pm - 5pm, 4 hrs £40.00A: 8am - 1pm, 5 hrs £72.00C: 8am - 5pm, 9 hrs | |
| Pre-school Room | £32.00B: 1pm - 5pm, 4 hrs £40.00A: 8am - 1pm, 5 hrs £72.00C: 8am - 5pm, 9 hrs |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £30.00 Registration feenot refundable
- £100.00 Depositrefundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.00 per 15 minutes Late collection fee
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Free 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
BN11 2JXWhat 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, 15 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Leaders and staff are extremely dedicated to placing children and families at the heart of everything they do. They ensure that they know every child within their care, and treat them all as unique and individual. The key person system is highly effective, leading to all children building exceptionally strong bonds with familiar adults. All children make outstanding progress in their learning and development.
Leaders have embedded a highly ambitious and well-designed curriculum that benefits children greatly. Children experience different cultures and traditions. For example, visitors come into the setting to share the food that is native to their country. This greatly enriches children's understanding of people and communities beyond their own. Children engage with projects in the local community, such as collecting and donating food to organisations supporting the homeless. This helps to teach children about kindness and compassion for others.
Children demonstrate extremely positive attitudes to learning and advanced concentration, that far exceed expectations for their age. They are consistently deeply focused and very engaged in the wide range of exciting learning opportunities. Staff are experts at supporting children to understand and manage their feelings and emotions. They recognise the impact that emotional development has on other aspects of children's learning. Across the nursery, staff warmly and sensitively interact with children. As a result, children become highly competent at managing their own feelings. For example, they suggest using a sand timer to support them to take turns with toys.
- 15 December 2022Outstanding
- 7 June 2017Good
- 3 March 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Davison Day Nursery
- 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 £32.00 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.
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