Silverdale Nursery
Good★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in St. Leonards-On-Sea for children from birth to 5, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2015, with 32 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
TN37 7EAWhat 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, 26 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy to arrive and they settle quickly, showing joy as they see their key person. They enter the welcoming setting with ease and are eager to engage in the play opportunities provided by staff. Children respond to a well-thought-out curriculum, where staff promote the skills for children to achieve the next stage in their learning and encourage them to revisit skills previously learned. Children demonstrate good cutting skills as they cut out a picture of a duck they have drawn. They work together to create a picture of five little ducks in the pond. Staff extend children's learning across other areas of development, such as counting, singing and promoting sharing during this activity.
Children's experiences are widened through weekly sessions to a forest school and tending to their vegetable garden. Children talk with excitement about the pumpkins they are currently growing. Some children have become very interested in this opportunity and particularly like cherries. They have saved the seeds from home, which are currently drying out ready to plant in their vegetable garden the following week. Children show high levels of independence and good hygiene practices during their day. For example, they wash their own hands, wipe their nose, place the used tissue in the bin and find their name to self-register on arrival.
During snack time, children independently cut their own fruit, pour their own drink of milk and place their washing up in a bowl when they have finished.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff awareness of children who require additional support and adapt activities consistently to promote higher levels of engagement.
- 26 May 2023Good
- 13 September 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Silverdale Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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
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