Ladybirds Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Chichester for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 17:45, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2022. Open since 2004, with 36 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours of free care; Government Funding of 38 weeks can be stretched to 51 weeks, providing 11 or 22 hours per week of free entitlement.
Worth knowing. Additional charge of £5.00 per day or part day to cover food, snacks and other resources; codes must be applied for before 31st August (Autumn), 31st December (Spring) and 31st March (Summer).
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
PO20 8JAWhat 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, 27 April 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are wonderfully content and happy in the safe, welcoming nursery. They form strong bonds with the warm and caring staff, who greet them with hugs and smiles. Children quickly settle to play with the broad range of stimulating activities and resources. For instance, older children are soon building models with construction toys, while babies enjoy cuddles and stories.
Children respond well to the staff's high expectations for their behaviour. They are sensitively supported by staff to cope with any overwhelming feelings and emotions. Children use strategies, such as a sand timer, to share resources between them and their friends with minimal support from staff. This supports them to understand and negotiate the needs of others in positive ways.
Children demonstrate motivation and lots of imagination. They explore and investigate their environment and share the joy of their discoveries with staff. For instance, a feather found on a beach walk becomes a 'magical feather' and a departing ferry becomes the 'Titanic'. Babies love repeating and practising new skills, such as jumping, walking and talking.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - support staff to fully understand and embed a curriculum that builds on children's skills and interests in a sequential way, to extend learning n review deployment of staff at routine times to help promote children's developing independence, listening and attention skills more effectively.
- 27 April 2022Good
- 22 May 2014Outstanding
- 21 February 2011Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ladybirds Nursery
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
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.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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