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Nurseries in Worthing

There are 40 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Worthing, and 16 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Worthing

  • Ofsted report cards: 6 settings (16 Strong standard, 8 Expected standard, 12 Needs attention)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 30 settings (2 Outstanding, 28 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Abracadabra Day Nursery - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 4BY, ages 0 to 5, 60 places
    Ofsted, 14 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • All Saints Pre School - Day nursery, Worthing BN14 0DT, ages 2 to 4, 41 places
    Ofsted, 14 January 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Kiddies - Pre-school, Worthing BN13 2RH, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 11 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Little Minds - Day nursery, Worthing BN14 9DE, ages 1 to 4, 31 places
    Ofsted report card, 1 December 2025: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at Worthing - Day nursery, Worthing BN14 7SZ, ages 0 to 4, 72 places
    Ofsted, 16 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees Preschool Tarring - Pre-school, Worthing BN14 7PF, ages 2 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted, 30 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Caterpillar Corner Preschool - Pre-school, Worthing BN14 9NE, 36 places
  • Curious Little Minds Preschool - Pre-school, Worthing BN12 6HZ, ages 1 to 4, 25 places
    Ofsted report card, 27 January 2026: Needs attention in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Davison Day Nursery - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 2JX, ages 0 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 15 December 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Discovery Day Nursery - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 1QF, ages 0 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted, 27 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Dolphins Day Nursery - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 2AB, ages 2 to 4, 54 places
    Ofsted, 26 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Early Explorers Childcare Limited - Northbrook - Pre-school, Worthing BN13 3SL, ages 1 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted, 17 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Early Explorers Nursery - Worthing - Pre-school, Worthing BN11 2DE, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 18 June 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Elm Grove Childcare Club - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 5LQ, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 13 July 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Findon Valley Free Church Pre School - Pre-school, Worthing BN14 0DJ, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 4 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Findon Village Preschool - Pre-school, Worthing BN14 0TA, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 2 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • First Steps - Worthing - Day nursery, Worthing BN14 9FD, ages 0 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted, 27 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Home from Home Worthing - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 5BB, ages 0 to 8, 116 places
    Ofsted, 21 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hopscotch Worthing - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 1JH, ages 0 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted report card, 31 March 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Jack In The Box Preschool - Day nursery, Worthing BN14 8JL, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 29 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kamelia Kids Day Nursery and Beach School - Day nursery, Worthing BN12 4PN, ages 0 to 4, 107 places
    Ofsted, 16 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Ladybird Preschool - Pre-school, Worthing BN13 1NP, ages 2 to 4, 31 places
    Ofsted, 4 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Laugh And Learn Tarring - Pre-school, Worthing BN14 7NN, ages 2 to 4, 38 places
    Ofsted, 29 June 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Lindens Pre-School Group - Pre-school, Worthing BN13 1QL, ages 2 to 4, 52 places
    Ofsted, 4 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Fledglings Nursery - Day nursery, Worthing BN12 5DU, 47 places
  • Little Rascals Nursery - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 2AA, ages 0 to 5, 129 places
    Ofsted, 19 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Marriotts Nursery School - Pre-school, Worthing BN12 4JL, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 3 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Premier Education - Pre-school, Worthing BN11 4BL
  • Puddleducks Nursery - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 4PB, ages 0 to 4, 61 places
    Ofsted, 16 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Pumpkin Patch Nursery Crescent Road Worthing - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 1RQ, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted report card, 26 March 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Pumpkin Patch Nursery St Botolphs Worthing - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 4JS, ages 0 to 4, 120 places
    Ofsted report card, 16 April 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Reflections Nursery & Forest School - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 1PS, ages 0 to 4, 160 places
    Ofsted, 9 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sticky Fingers Worthing Limited - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 1UN, ages 1 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted report card, 14 January 2026: Needs attention in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • St John's Pre-School - Pre-school, Worthing BN11 5NQ, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 3 March 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Nursery School Company Worthing - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 3RT, ages 0 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted, 22 November 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Outdoors Project West Sussex at Lancing College Preparatory School, Worthing - Pre-school, Worthing BN14 8HU
  • Wild Arts - Pre-school, Worthing BN14 0RJ, ages 4 to 10, 10 places
    Ofsted, 1 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Woodstock Day Nursery - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 2BE, ages 0 to 4, 52 places
    Ofsted, 17 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Worthing Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Worthing BN11 2AA, ages 0 to 4, 91 places
    Ofsted, 6 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Young Explorers - Goring - Pre-school, Worthing BN12 4BY, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 11 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Activ8 Sports and Dance Camps - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN13 3QH
  • ActiveMe 360 CIC @ Worthing College - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN14 9FD, 35 places
  • art-K Worthing - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN14 7PJ
  • Cherrytree Childcare - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN14 0DB, 70 places
  • Downsbrook Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN14 8GD, 50 places
  • Little Diamonds Holiday Club - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN11 1RE, 40 places
  • Premier Education - Wrap Around Care at Goring Primary School - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN12 4RN, 30 places
  • Premier Education Wraparound Care at The Laurels Primary School - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN13 3QH, 24 places
  • Stagecoach Worthing - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN14 0DB
  • The Childcare Club at Ferring - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN12 5DU, 32 places
  • The Childcare Club at Heene - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN11 4BB, 30 places
  • The Childcare Club At Thomas A Becket Middle School - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN14 7PR, 55 places
  • The Hive Club Ltd - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN13 1AA, 30 places
  • Thomas A Becket Childcare Club - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN13 1JB, 50 places
  • West Park Childcare Club - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN12 4HD, 50 places
  • Worthing Tuition Centre Limited - Out-of-school club, Worthing BN14 9DB

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 Worthing

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