Discovery Day Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Worthing for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2014, with 56 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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 1QFWhat 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, 27 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure at the nursery. They arrive happy and eager to get involved in activities. Staff offer plenty of reassurance as children settle into the daily routine. Relationships between staff and babies are exceptionally close and nurturing. They cuddle together reading stories, and babies joyfully giggle as staff play peekaboo.
Leaders create an ambitious curriculum. They know what they want children to learn to prepare them for the next stage of their education. Leaders aim for staff to build on children's knowledge as they progress through the nursery. Staff plan interesting activities to develop what children know and can do. Children enjoy science experiments that broaden their understanding. For example, they learn about concepts such as floating and sinking. Children develop positive attitudes to learning and maintain interest in activities.
Children enjoy meaningful experiences and interactions throughout the day. Staff create these to inspire and motivate children's learning. Children talk about what they know and have learned. For example, when staff teach children about space and planets, children can excitedly explain that astronauts go to space in rockets.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to implement expectations consistently throughout the nursery so that children can follow rules with ease n build further on partnerships with parents to offer them more support to continue their child's learning at home.
- 27 June 2024Good
- 18 October 2018Good
- 17 May 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Discovery Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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