Kaleidoscope Pre-school
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Petworth for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:30 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £22.00 a session for 2 year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 1992, with 35 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 year olds2y to 3y | £22.00non-funded children | |
| 3 year olds3y to 4y | £20.00non-funded children |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours of free entitlement government funding per week for 38 weeks; some families are entitled to 30 hours; some two year old children may be eligible for free entitlement funding.
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
GU28 9NLWhat 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, 6 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the pre-school happy and excited. They receive a warm welcome from the friendly and caring staff team. Children know the routines well. For instance, they remove their coats and bags, hang them on their pegs and go off to find their friends. The atmosphere in this pre-school is calm and relaxing. Children freely explore and choose which activities they engage with. For instance, they strengthen their small-muscle skills while rolling and patting play dough. Children enjoy making marks and pushing seeds into the dough to create their own 'fruit'.
Children's behaviour is good. Staff model positive behaviour and discuss strategies with children to share resources fairly. For example, they use sand timers to help children know when it is their turn to use the ride-on toys.
Children engage in a wealth of stimulating activities and learning experiences which build on their vocabulary. For example, they explore and investigate the properties of flour as they listen to the story of 'The Little Red Hen'. Children enjoy using a range of equipment to grind cereal to make their own 'flour'. Toddlers begin to repeat short phrases they hear, such as 'crunchy cereal'. Older children eagerly use new vocabulary that staff introduce them to. For example, they talk about 'yeast'
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - consider how noise levels have an impact on children's learning, particularly during story sessions.
- 6 March 2023Good
- 12 May 2017Good
- 2 March 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kaleidoscope Pre-school
- 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 £22.00 a session 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.