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Nurseries in Pulborough

There are 15 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Pulborough, and 7 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Pulborough

  • Ofsted report cards: 5 settings (7 Strong standard, 23 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 9 settings (3 Outstanding, 6 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Ashington Day Nursery & Pre-School - Day nursery, Pulborough RH20 3JR, ages 0 to 4, 54 places
    Ofsted, 8 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Browns Lane Preschool - Pre-school, Pulborough RH20 4LQ, ages 2 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 8 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chanctonbury Preschool - Pre-school, Pulborough RH20 3AS, ages 2 to 5, 30 places
    Ofsted, 20 March 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chuckleberries At Coldwaltham - Day nursery, Pulborough RH20 1LW, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 8 November 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cootham Pre-School - Day nursery, Pulborough RH20 4JX, ages 2 to 4, 27 places
    Ofsted report card, 20 November 2025: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Fairytale Forest Day Nursery - Day nursery, Pulborough RH20 1NL, ages 1 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted, 22 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • First Steps Childcare @ Brinsbury - Day nursery, Pulborough RH20 1DL, ages 0 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted report card, 12 June 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Garden Cottage Nursery - Day nursery, Pulborough RH20 4BA, ages 0 to 4, 102 places
    Ofsted, 28 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Bears Pre-School - Pre-school, Pulborough RH20 3PP, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 15 October 2021: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Explorers Pre-School@Pulborough - Pre-school, Pulborough RH20 2AN, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 18 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Mini Explorers Nursery @ Fittleworth - Pre-school, Pulborough RH20 1JB, ages 0 to 4, 31 places
    Ofsted report card, 8 December 2025: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Mini Explorers Nursery@Pulborough - Day nursery, Pulborough RH20 2BF, ages 0 to 2, 19 places
    Ofsted, 9 November 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Forest School Company Bury Manor - Day nursery, Pulborough RH20 1PB, 16 places
  • The Nursery School Company Storrington - Day nursery, Pulborough RH20 4EE, ages 1 to 4, 76 places
    Ofsted report card, 12 August 2026: Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 2 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • The Treehouse Nursery West Chiltington - Day nursery, Pulborough RH20 2JY, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted report card, 24 April 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • After school club at St James - Out-of-school club, Pulborough RH20 1LW, 6 places
  • Blooms - Out-of-school club, Pulborough RH20 1JB, 18 places
  • Pied Piper Windlesham House - Out-of-school club, Pulborough RH20 4AY, 32 places
  • Saplings - Out-of-school club, Pulborough RH20 3AA, 15 places
  • The Hive Sussex - Out-of-school club, Pulborough RH20 3PG, 20 places
  • The Hive Sussex - Out-of-school club, Pulborough RH20 4PG, 25 places
  • The Hive Sussex - Out-of-school club, Pulborough RH20 2JY, 20 places

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 Pulborough

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