Thorney Island Nursery
Ofsted report card Nov 2025Takes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Emsworth for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in November 2025. Open since 1992, with 44 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 funded hours per week for children aged 9 months and over; up to 30 funded hours per week for eligible working families; funding for up to 38 weeks per year during term time.
Worth knowing. At our nursery, funded hours are offered on a term-time basis only.
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
PO10 8DHWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
What 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.
- 14 November 2025Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
- 11 July 2023Good
- 24 February 2023Inadequate
- 5 October 2022Inadequate
- 14 December 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Thorney Island Nursery
- What it costs
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.