Happy Hours Pre-School Crawley
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Crawley for children from birth to 5, open 08:30 to 14:30, 5 days a week. £6.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 1992, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Hourly charge = £6.00
One published rate, dated September 2025. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
All children are funded up to 15 hours per week from the term AFTER their 3rd birthday. Some children may be eligible for 30 hours of free childcare. Some 2-year-old children may also be eligible for up to 15 hours free childcare.
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
RH11 9BAWhat 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.
- 6 September 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 9 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy their time at pre-school. They actively engage in their learning with good support from staff. For instance, children enjoy developing their physical skills as they learn to balance on low beams. Staff provide children with appropriate support to enable them to complete these tasks. This helps children to build on their confidence to manage these challenges independently.
Staff organise group activities well to support children's interest and engagement.
They remind children of the rules during activities. This includes talking to children about using their listening ears and watching with their eyes. Children respond positively and show good behaviour as they take part in these activities. This enables children to develop a good attitude to learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen support for staff so that they know how to consistently deploy themselves effectively.
- 9 September 2024Good
- 14 November 2023Needs improvement
- 15 November 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Happy Hours Pre-School Crawley
- 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
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 £6.00 an hour 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.