Jack And Jill Preschool
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in East Grinstead for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2015, with 25 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Free Entitlement of 15 hours per week to 3 and 4 year olds. We are registered to provide Free Entitlement to some 2 year olds.
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
RH19 2HAWhat 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, 30 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children flourish in the calm environment that staff create. All children, including those who are new to the pre-school, settle very well. They enter the setting, and staff give them a warm and friendly welcome. Children make the choice about where they would like to play and take the lead in their learning experiences.
Children learn about kindness and being friends with others. They explore this throughout their day, including during story times. This helps children to understand the needs and feelings of others. Children make artwork creations from their imaginations, which staff highly value. Staff ask effective questions to extend conversations and help children to annotate their pictures.
Children receive the time they need to think through their response to questions that staff ask of them. This enables them to gather their thoughts and to express themselves successfully and to converse using a good variety of words. Children are beginning to recognise letters and letter sounds. They identify written letters and can talk about names of people or objects that begin with that letter. For example, they quickly identify that sand starts with the letter 's'. They have many opportunities to practise writing the letters and verbalising letter sounds. The manager has a good oversight of what children need to learn next. This includes the steps staff take to help all children to make good developmental progress.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- embrace children's awareness of differing backgrounds and cultures of those attending the setting n support staff to act as positive role models for children, to help strengthen their awareness of and respect for toys and resources.
- 30 January 2023Good
- 27 June 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Jack And Jill Preschool
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.