Wakoos Centre4Children Ltd Petworth
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Petworth for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 09:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £57.30 a day for 2 – 5, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 2016, with 42 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, price list dated 1 September 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 2birth to 2y | £58.98Core Day £98.30 | £9.83Early Start £49.15Afternoon or Morning, 5 hrs | £9.83Private hours | |
| 2 – 52y to 5y | £57.30Core Day £95.50 | £9.55Early Start £47.75Afternoon or Morning, 5 hrs | £9.55Private hours |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £100.00 Depositper day a child attends per week, refundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 Breakfast
- £2.00 Tea
- £3.00 Lunch
- £3.00 Emergency food provisions
- £10.00 Late collectioncollected more than 10 minutes late
Discounts
- 10% Sibling discountoldest sibling's fees when more than one child attends
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15-hour and 30-hour funded childcare places, stretched across 51 weeks.
Worth knowing. Meals are charged separately and are voluntary; parents can opt-out but must provide a packed lunch. Funded hours are primarily delivered within full-day sessions; children typically attend two full-day sessions to access up to 20 funded hours per week.
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
GU28 0EEWhat 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, 26 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The staff are friendly and smile enthusiastically as they greet the children on arrival. Children settle in well and demonstrate a sense of trust and belonging. The staff have gentle interactions with the children, especially the youngest children.
The staff share the love of learning with the children, and the children see them as a secure base. The relationships between the staff and the children are respectful, which create a positive culture that supports children's personal, social and emotional development.
Staff are committed to giving children valuable experiences to learn about the world that they live in. For instance, children learn about their community, different occupations and the people who help us. Staff take children for a walk to the library to find books to support their learning. While walking, they pass the vets and the doctors and see an ambulance. Staff hold meaningful conversations that encourage the children to make connections between their thoughts and what they are seeing. Staff interactions are consistent, rich and well considered. Children are developing good communication skills and an understanding of the world.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- extend the information shared with parents to enable them to support children's learning at home.
- 26 January 2024Good
- 28 March 2023Needs improvement
- 2 August 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Wakoos Centre4Children Ltd Petworth
- 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 £57.30 a day 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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