Harting Village Preschool Group
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in South Harting, Near Petersfield for from 1 year 6 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 16:00, 4 days a week. £5.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 1992, with 27 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £16.50Typical Afternoon, 3 hrs £19.25Typical Morning, 3.5 hrs | £5.50Chargeable Fees |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £25.00 depositper child
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 Hours Free Childcare; 30 Hours Free Childcare; free places for 2 year old children who are eligible to claim free entitlement.
Worth knowing. If a child will be using only Free Entitlement hours at the preschool, a deposit is not required.
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
GU31 5LBWhat 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, 9 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children eagerly enter the pre-school. They confidently say goodbye to their parents and carers at the door, keen to explore everything that staff provide for them. For example, children thoroughly enjoy exploring the resources that they have collected on a recent nature walk, adding them to dough. Staff support children well to recall the walk, encouraging them to talk about what they saw.
Children are motivated to play and excited to join in with lively discussions.
Staff understand how children learn. This helps them to provide children with many opportunities that support their learning. For instance, younger children enjoy song times, while older children listen to more-complex stories. Staff know the children well. This helps them to find resources that engage children in their play. Staff listen to what children say and respect their answers. For example, staff will wait to change children's nappies if they say 'no' to being changed. Children show that they feel secure and happy in the staff's care.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to use recommended communication strategies more consistently for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities to help them make better progress n develop staff's knowledge of how to identify and use opportunities to challenge and extend children's learning as they play.
- 9 October 2024Good
- 17 January 2019Good
- 19 April 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Harting Village Preschool Group
- 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 £5.50 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.
- 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.