Potter's House Preschool
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Arundel for children from birth to 5, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 October 2022. Open since 2021, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Universal funding entitlements.
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
BN18 0EBWhat 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, 13 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and eager to start their busy day at pre-school. They settle quickly to self-chosen activities, which supports their play ideas. For example, children giggle and delight in using a variety of resources for mixing, including fir leaves, mud and water, and they pretend to make popcorn. They use recall to talk about past experiences from home of watching a film and eating popcorn with family members, weaving this into their play ideas.
Children behave well and show courtesy towards friends by working together to take turns on the tree swing. They demonstrate that they have secure relationships with their friends and the adults caring for them. Children show a strong sense of belonging as they find their photo and display it on the self-registration wall. They display good levels of language as they select pictures from the registration wall and fondly talk about who their friends are. Children confidently share and talk about the plot in their favourite stories, showing good levels of vocabulary to express ideas.
Children learn how to look after themselves, which contributes to their well-being.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- focus on identifying gaps in the knowledge of new staff, to help improve their understanding of the curriculum intent and further develop their teaching skills n consider ways to further support children who speak English as an additional language to expand how they can share their ideas and express their choices.
- 13 October 2022Good
- 11 November 2021Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Potter's House Preschool
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- 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.