Keeley's Daycare Nurseries & Pre-Schools
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Horsham for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2018, with 100 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Government's 15 hours of universal funding, as well as the extended 30 hours of funding to eligible families.
Worth knowing. Funding would start the term after the child's third birthday.
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
RH12 1DBWhat 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, 2 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff have high expectations for children to behave well. They implement effective strategies that help children to understand how they are expected to behave. This includes talking about what children have done, throughout the day, when they have independently followed the nursery rules. Additionally, staff set clear expectations for behaviour by talking to children when they are about to move to another activity. Children respond positively to this, which supports them to demonstrate a positive attitude to learning.
Staff support children to take appropriate risks. For instance, when children indicate that they want to throw a large wooden dice on the floor, staff support them to do this safely. This helps children to develop an awareness of risks.
Children are supported well to develop their communication and language skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to build on the quality of their interactions with children so that children consistently benefit from high-quality teaching experiences.
- 2 September 2024Good
- 17 August 2021Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Keeley's Daycare Nurseries & Pre-Schools
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.