Selsey Community Nursery Cio
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Chichester for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £56.57 a day for 2–3 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2023. Open since 2018, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated April 2026 to April 2027.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–2 yearsbirth to 2y | £58.83School day £79.20 | £9.05Breakfast Club £41.86Morning or Afternoon, 5 hrs | £9.05 | £385.58Full time | |
| 2–3 years2y to 3y | £56.57School day £76.37 | £8.76Breakfast Club £40.45Morning or Afternoon, 5 hrs | £8.76 | £371.94Full time | |
| 3–5 years3y to 5y | £53.97School day £74.00 | £8.36Breakfast Club £38.52Morning or Afternoon, 5 hrs | £8.36 | £360.68Full time |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.30 Teafunded hours only
- £4.00 Lunchfunded hours only
Funded hours
30 funded hours for working families (9 months to school age), 15 hours for eligible 2-year-olds, 15 universal hours for 3- and 4-year-olds.
Worth knowing. If your child attends on funded hours only, meals are charged separately. Lunch £4.00, Tea £2.30.
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 0SEWhat 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.
- 2 March 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 14 December 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children receive a warm welcome from staff who skilfully support children to separate from their parents upon arrival. Parents and staff exchange relevant information to meet children's ever-changing needs. This enables children to settle well and be ready for their day of play and learning. Children learn to be kind and to help their friends. For example, toddlers support each other when struggling with a task such as opening their water bottle. This shows good friendships and awareness of the needs of others. Children wake up from their sleep and staff provide cuddles and support. This helps them to have the time they need to be ready to decide where they would like to play.
Children demonstrate good imaginative skills. Older children relish setting out a picnic with staff, and babies enjoy playing with toy figures. Staff enhance this play by talking about family members. The new managers fully understand how to provide an effective curriculum that is ambitious for all children. This includes those learning English as an additional language and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They support staff to devise suitable systems for observing and assessing children's learning. This enables staff to plan effectively for what children need to learn next to aid their development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the planning of outdoor experiences for children to make sure that they are planned and purposeful n enhance staff's awareness of differing strategies to support children's awareness of managing their own behaviour.
- 14 December 2023Good
- 26 July 2023Inadequate
- 9 August 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Selsey Community Nursery Cio
- 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 £56.57 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.
- 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.
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