Tiddlers Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Crowborough for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 8am to 6pm. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2010, with 34 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
EYEE Funded sessions are available for all eligible children aged 9 months +, 2yrs, 3yrs and 4 year olds from the start of term after their birthday or the term after they have turned 9 months. The entitlement is for a maximum of 570 hours a year which equates to 15 hours a week over 38 weeks a year, term time only. Tiddlers Nursery also offers the 30 hours working parent entitlement available for.
Worth knowing. Funded hours can be claimed between the hours of 8.00am and 5.00pm. Any increase or change in hours will be invoiced for at our hourly rate. All EYEE session are subject to availability. Failure to attend on a regular basis at agreed session times may result in funding being withdrawn. There is no registration fee and deposit due if your child will only access EYEE Funded session.
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
TN6 2DYWhat 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 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are confident, content, busy and happy. They happily explore the play environments, both indoors and outdoors, moving equipment from inside to outside to extend their experiences. They develop close relationships with established staff. Staff know families well, developing reassurance and bonds with families over the years, due to providing consistent care for siblings.
Children show an increasing positive attitude to their learning. They are eager to participate in adult-led activities, to discover new skills. They question new situations, showing intrigue as to how things work and to solve problems. For example, they roll cars through large tubes to see where they go to and which one goes the furthest.
Children's communication and speech is continuously promoted throughout their time in the setting. Staff talk constantly to the children using effective questions to support their curiosity and thirst for knowledge. Staff support babies' babbling by using repetitive sounds and songs. Staff use repetitive stories and rhymes to introduce new vocabulary to increase children's speaking skills. Children show confidence to express their needs through words, gestures and expressions.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop staff's confidence to use their existing knowledge and understanding of how children learn to enhance children's ongoing development to their full potential n provide further opportunities and materials for children to freely design, create and use their imaginations using different materials and media.
- 4 January 2023Good
- 11 April 2017Good
- 30 April 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Tiddlers Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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