Giggles Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Horsham for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £75.00 a day for pre-School, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2023. Open since 2008, with 47 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-School | £75.00One Day | £45.00 | £150.00Two Days £225.00Three Days £300.00Four Days £375.0010% discount for full time attendance | |
| Toddler Room | £87.00One Day | £48.00 | £174.00Two Days £261.00Three Days £348.00Four Days £391.5010% discount for full time attendance | |
| Baby Room | £89.00One Day | £50.00 | £178.00Two Days £267.00Three Days £356.00Four Days £445.0010% discount for full time attendance |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £1.00 to £2.00 a session Healthy snacks and fruit
- £1.50 Breakfast
- £2.00 to £4.00 a session Nappies, disposable gloves, wipes and cream
- £2.00 to £4.00 a session Baby purees, formula and bottles / dairy alternatives
- £2.50 Suncream, teething gel, Calpol, Piriton (with consent)
- £2.50 High Tea (two courses)
- £3.50 Hot lunch (two courses)
- £6.00 a session All items above are included within our Sustainability Fee
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours funded places available.
Worth knowing. Sustainability Fee is non-mandatory; can opt out of all-inclusive package.
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
RH12 2PGWhat 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, 5 December 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and show confidence to explore a broad range of activities and experiences set up for them to enjoy. The manager and curriculum lead work closely with the staff team. This is to ensure that key persons set out precisely what they intend children to learn. Staff use knowledge from parents, their own observations and children's interests to provide rich learning environments. This helps to capture children's curiosity where they show a real keenness to participate and have good levels of concentration in their play.
Staff recognise the importance of developing all children's language skills in a variety of ways. For example, staff use signing and find out key words in home languages for children learning English as an additional language. Furthermore, children demonstrate high levels of engagement as they excitedly select props from a song bag. They all join in singing merrily to a range of songs and rhymes. These opportunities contribute towards building children's range of vocabulary.
Staff work closely to build strong attachments to babies and very young children.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build further on the support for children to learn how to overcome minor setbacks by themselves n extend work on e-safety to support children to learn about how to stay safe online and safe screen time n strengthen parent partnership arrangements so feedback to parents is consistent across all age groups.
- 5 December 2023Good
- 19 July 2023Inadequate
- 19 October 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Giggles 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 £75.00 a day 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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