St Andrew's Pre-School
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Burgess Hill for from 2 years up to school age, open 8am to 6pm. £7.00 an hour for 2-year-olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 1992, with 85 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| 2-year-olds2y to 3y | £7.00Additional hours for 2-year-olds | |
| 3 and 4-year-olds3y to 4y | £6.50Additional hours for 3 and 4-year-olds |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £10.00 a term Mid-morning snack (voluntary contribution)
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Government funding for 3 and 4-year-olds; Government funding for 2-year-olds; Working Families funding for 2 to 4-year-olds (up to 15 or 30 hours).
Worth knowing. Up to 15 hours of universal funding, the term after their 3rd birthday, can be used flexibly over the week. Any additional hours outside these will be charged at £6.50 per hour for 3 and 4-year-olds and £7.00 per hour for 2-year-olds. Mid-morning snack at a voluntary contribution of £10 per term.
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
RH15 0LGWhat 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, 16 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at pre-school extremely keen to start their play and learning. They promptly settle to the activities and remain completely engrossed and engaged in learning throughout their day. They move freely around, making independent choices about where they would like to play and who with. Children develop extremely strong friendships with both children and staff. Children can often be found playing together and helping each other to clear away resources spilt on the floor. Staff readily offer cuddles to children and children only require very limited support to resolve any minor conflicts. Children's behaviour is excellent. There is a clear learning intention for all activities that staff plan, to ensure that no matter the age or ability of children, they all receive effective levels of challenge. For example, younger children explore the colours and shapes of the fruits and vegetables, and older children learn to sort them by colour and use money to buy items.
Children show exceptional skill in following the design drawings for building different structures from the building blocks. They locate the corresponding colours and shapes and succeed in building. Children talk with staff about the colours, sizes, and shapes of the blocks, using words, such as 'diamond', to describe them.
Children show immense excitement at the anticipation of pulling up the carrots that they have grown. Staff help children to recall how they planted the seeds, what they needed to grow and what they think they will look like. They all join in the excitement of finding a carrot and then talk at length about the shapes, sizes, and numbers of carrots they have grown.
- 16 July 2024Outstanding
- 8 October 2018Outstanding
- 1 December 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Andrew's Pre-School
- Meals
- Nappies
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 an hour 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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