Jigsaw Day Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Hastings for babies from 9 months up to 5 year olds, open 8am to 6pm. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2011, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funded places for eligible two year olds, and funded places for all children from the term after their third birthday until they go to school.
Worth knowing. An hourly charge of 45 pence for Snacks and consumables will apply to any working family funded hours for children aged 9 months plus (10p for snack, 22p for janitorial supplies and 13p other supplies). Please note that this charge is voluntary, but the items are essential and not funded.
What childcare usually costs in East Sussex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in East 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
TN34 1BAWhat 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, 28 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children spend every moment of their day engaging in the serious business of learning through play at this nursery. Everywhere you look, children are engaged in deep conversations with their friends or staff, sharing their own ideas and opinions, demonstrating that they are happy, confident and safe. They form trusting, warm bonds with their friends and key staff, which promotes their sense of well-being and security and enables them to benefit from the wealth of exciting learning experiences available.
Staff expertly extend opportunities for children's spontaneous learning through the use of open-ended questions and 'wondering' out loud. This helps children remain engaged in activities and develop resilience when they face setbacks in their learning. For example, when children have difficulty sticking pom-poms with a glue stick, they are persistent with their attempts before they achieve success. Staff then shower the children with praise for their determination and effort.
Staff make excellent use of story time to enhance children's listening and attention skills. They make the absolute most of these activities to extend all areas of learning. For example, they understand the importance of helping children to regulate their bodies so frequently encourage them to move around before resettling to listen carefully and benefit fully from the activity. Children squeal with delight as they join in and wriggle their bodies, stretching from the tops of their fingers to the tips of their toes.
- 28 January 2025Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 30 May 2019Outstanding
- 17 April 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Jigsaw Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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