Southwick Pre-School Playgroup
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Brighton for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. £30.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2016, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Cost of one session is £30.00.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Free funded places to children from age 2 to 4; 30 hour funded places for 3,4 year old's under new scheme for working parents and extended funded places for 2 year old's.
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
BN42 4TEWhat 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, 4 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children eagerly arrive at this pre-school to play and are greeted warmly by the friendly staff. Staff provide exciting activities that children are confident and keen to explore. For example, an upcoming farm trip has sparked children's curiosity about farm animals. Staff set up a small-world farm scene and play the song 'Old
MacDonald Had a Farm', while children eagerly retrieve the correct animal. Children can choose to play outdoors in the fresh air for much of the day.
Children behave well and demonstrate a positive attitude to learning. They have strong attachments with their key person, who knows them well. For example, children seek out their key person when they need them, and giggle with delight as they playfully join the 'children's band', singing along to favourite songs with musical instruments.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's skills to help them offer more-precise support for children to develop their understanding of mathematical language and concepts.
- 4 July 2024Good
- 19 September 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Southwick Pre-School Playgroup
- 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 £30.00 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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