Marriotts Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Worthing for children from birth to 8+, open 08:45 to 14:00, 5 days a week. £40.50 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2022. Open since 2011, with 30 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, price list dated SEPT 2025 - JULY 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £40.50 | £20.25Mornings or Afternoons, 3 hrs | £6.75 |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £0.30 a session Snack Contributionper morning session
Funded hours
Registered with West Sussex County Council to receive funding for all eligible two, three and four year olds; 15 hours childcare for all families for children ages 3 to 4 years; 30 hours of funded childcare for children aged nine months to four years; Eligible parents of 2-year-old children may also be entitled to 15 hours childcare support.
Worth knowing. Government funding does not cover the costs of snacks. Option 1: Snack Contribution – 30p per morning session. Option 2: Healthy Snack Contribution – Parents can bring in a healthy snack for the nursery's fruit bowl.
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
BN12 4JLWhat 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.
- 11 October 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 24 November 2021 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 3 February 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily at the pre-school and settle quickly, choosing experiences to participate in. They show confidence in seeking out their friends during group activities. Children are kind and respectful. They know to follow the rules of the games, cooperating together to ensure fair turn taking.
Children show enthusiasm and become excited during an interactive story time.
They are keen to share their ideas and recall familiar words from the rhyming text.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop further staff's questioning techniques to ensure that they are meaningful and challenging, allowing time for children to formulate their responses n support children to be confident to independently deal with minor behaviour altercations with their peers.
- 3 February 2022Good
- 23 May 2017Good
- 21 April 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Marriotts Nursery School
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £40.50 a day 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.