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Nurseries in Lancing

There are 9 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Lancing, and 1 other childcare setting such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Lancing

  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 6 settings (6 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Boundstone Nursery School - Day nursery, Lancing BN15 9QX, ages 2 to 3, 12 places
    Ofsted, 2 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Lancing College Daycare Activity Camp - Pre-school, Lancing BN15 0RW
  • Lancing Day Nursery & Pre-School - Day nursery, Lancing BN15 9AB, ages 0 to 4, 54 places
    Ofsted, 17 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Acorns Pre-School - Pre-school, Lancing BN15 9NZ, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 9 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Lancing Day Nursery and Forest School - Day nursery, Lancing BN15 0RJ, ages 0 to 4, 75 places
    Ofsted, 6 November 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Noahs Ark Childrens Day Nursery - Day nursery, Lancing BN15 0PH, 18 places
  • Penhill Playgroup - Pre-school, Lancing BN15 8HA, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 17 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Premier Education - Pre-school, Lancing BN15 0BU
  • The Beachside Montessori Nursery - Day nursery, Lancing BN15 8AJ, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 23 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • The Outdoors Project After School Club At The Globe Primary Academy - Out-of-school club, Lancing BN15 9NZ

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Lancing

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.