Mayfield Preschool
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Mayfield for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:45 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £9.40 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2001, with 25 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated January 2026.
| Age | Full day | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 year olds2y to 3y | £23.50Non-Funded £28.20Non-Funded £35.25Non-Funded £58.75Non-Funded | – | |
| All ages | – | £9.40 |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £30.00 Voluntary fee for settling in sessions and puddlesuitincludes two settling in sessions and a puddlesuit
- £70.00 Depositrefundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £20.00 Late collection chargeLate collection of 10 minutes or more
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.00 a session Welfare package cost (1 session)Funded children
- £4.00 a session Welfare package cost (2 sessions)Funded children
- £4.70 a day 12.30 to 15.00 (1 session) - cost to families per dayFunded hours claimed: 2.00, Non-Funded hours: 0.50
- £7.05 a day 08.45 to 12.30 (1 session) - cost to families per dayFunded hours claimed: 3.00, Non-Funded hours: 0.75
- £11.75 a day 08.45 to 15.00 (2 sessions) - cost to families per dayFunded hours claimed: 5.00, Non-Funded hours: 1.25
- £2.00 a session Voluntary sessional welfare chargeincludes £1 to cover the cost of a fresh healthy
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours for children aged 2 and upwards.
Worth knowing. Voluntary sessional welfare charge of £2 per session; late collection charge of £20 for 10 minutes or more.
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
TN20 6PJWhat 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, 17 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are extremely confident in their surroundings. Staff are highly sensitive to children's unique needs and give them the time they need to settle into the preschool. This has a significant impact on children's sense of belonging and the bonds they make with their key-person. Staff provide a nurturing environment that extensively supports children's interest in the play opportunities available to them.
Children are highly motivated and show extremely high levels of intrigue and curiosity within their play. They constantly question how things work, what is going to happen next and why things happen. For example, children explore the mechanical crane, pulling levers and turning buttons to see what happens. They extend this further to balance objects on the platform, watching what happens as it is raised and dropped. Children learn quickly to slow the turning of the button to balance the object so that it does not fall off.
Children's communication and language is promoted successfully through purposeful conversations and the introduction of complex vocabulary. Staff promote a strong emphasis on recognising different forms of communication.
- 17 January 2023Outstanding
- 26 June 2017Outstanding
- 30 June 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mayfield Preschool
- 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.
- Is £9.40 an hour 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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