Hurstpierpoint Preschool
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Hassocks for from 2 years 6 months up to school age, open sessions in term time, often mornings. £7.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 1995, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £47.00Ad-Hoc session | £22.00Ad-Hoc session £26.00Afternoon | £7.00 |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £45.00 Forest Schoolfinal year of pre-school
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours childcare for all families in England, 30 hours childcare for eligible working families, 15 hours for 2 year olds receiving support.
Worth knowing. Any hours that are not covered by funding will be charged at our hourly rate of £7 per hour.
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
BN6 9UYWhat 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, 16 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
All children settle well under the care of the warm and friendly staff team.
Occasionally, younger children have the opportunity to be in a smaller group while older children are away from the setting enjoying their outdoor activities. This enables newer and younger children to build strong relationships with staff.
Children enjoy selecting from the 'pick and play' resources, where they can independently choose what they would like to take to play with. They use the pictures on the boxes to help them identify the contents and then take a number jigsaw, which they complete eagerly.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- continue to enhance staff's awareness of what each child needs to learn next to enable each interaction to be more highly effective n build further on relationships with parents to update details of key persons and their child's learning.
- 16 October 2023Good
- 12 May 2023Inadequate
- 4 July 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hurstpierpoint Preschool
- 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 £7.00 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.