Southwater Village Hall Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Southwater for from 1 year 6 months up to school age, open 09:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. £7.00 a session for 18 months to 3 years old, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 1992, with 42 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 months to 3 years old18m to 3y | £7.00Lunch Link*, 1 hrs £26.00Afternoon, Adhoc, Morning, 3 hrs | |
| 3 and over3y to 5y | £7.00Lunch Link*, 1 hrs £22.00Afternoon, Adhoc, Morning, 3 hrs |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £40.00 Joining Feevoluntary for funded children only accessing up to the maximum 27
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £1.50 a session Voluntary Consumables
Funded hours
30 hour funding, Local Area funding codes and Family working codes.
Worth knowing. Lunch Link is NOT included over 15 hours Universal Free Entitlement, IS included as part of Universal, under 15 hours, and Extended Free Entitlement.
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
RH13 9BTWhat 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, 15 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are enthusiastic as they arrive at this well-organised pre-school. They demonstrate their excitement and are keen to find out what staff have planned for them. Parents provide a swift handover which enables staff to adapt their care for each child. For example, staff plan children's day more effectively when they have received information about if a child has slept well or eaten breakfast. This approach helps support continuity of care between home and the preschool.
Staff provide a large range of well-planned activities in both the outdoor and indoor environment. Children are curious and motivated to learn through activities that interest them, such as counting the seeds they have taken out of a pumpkin. Staff use children's engagement to introduce new vocabulary and basic mathematics.
Children develop well across all areas of the curriculum.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve staff support and supervision to enable staff to deliver a more consistent high-quality level of teaching n support staff to ensure that those quieter children are more consistently able to join in and benefit from the learning opportunities.
- 15 October 2024Good
- 14 February 2019Good
- 26 April 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Southwater Village Hall Pre-School
- 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 £7.00 a session 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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