Happy Steps Nursery
Not yet inspectedTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Steyning for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £67.20 a day for toddlers (2 yrs+), and they take the funded hours. Ofsted has not yet published a graded inspection. Open since 2026, with 57 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Full Day 7.30am – 6.00pm · £72.80 · £67.20
One published rate, dated April 2026. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours EYFE per week, for 38 weeks; all year can stretch to 11 or 22 hrs per week, for 51 weeks.
Worth knowing. Enrichment Package charges: Full Day £11, Half Day AM £7.50, Half Day PM £4.50, School Day £6.00, 9.00am–11.30am or 12.30pm–3.00pm £3.00. All funded children that only take up the funded hours are exempt from the registration fee. Extra hours/sessions outside of this allowance are chargeable.
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
BN44 3TNWhat 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.
Still missing for Happy Steps 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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 £67.20 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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