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Kids Planet Haywards Heath

Ofsted: Outstanding
(May 2025)
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4.6(11 parent reviews) ·The Barn, Parkfield Way, Haywards Heath, RH16 4QX · West Sussex
Number of places
98 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2025
Local authority
West Sussex

About this day nursery

15pm, Monday to Friday, all year round, providing childcare for children aged 0-4 years. The nursery received an Outstanding rating in its latest Ofsted inspection on 16/05/2025.

Children are extremely confident and happy, forming strong bonds with dedicated staff in a safe, emotionally secure environment. They eagerly engage in a rich variety of stimulating experiences that ignite their imagination and extend their learning.

The nursery provides an outstanding, inclusive curriculum that fully supports the diverse needs of all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff have an exceptional understanding of each child's development and next steps, ensuring outstanding progress from their starting points.

They make rapid referrals to external agencies when needed, and additional funding is carefully managed to provide the best opportunities for all children to achieve their full potential. Outdoor learning is a key feature, with children exploring light and shadow in the garden and engaging in rich conversations with staff.

Older children enjoy riding bikes, balancing on beams, and using climbing frames, while younger children develop physical skills through crawling, climbing, and cruising around furniture safely. Staff are highly skilled in promoting communication and language development, embedding rich conversations throughout daily routines and play, and introducing new words and expressive language.

Parents are overwhelmingly positive, praising the dedicated staff, welcoming environment, and the remarkable progress their children make.

What it's like

Babies and children are extremely confident and happy, thriving in a safe, emotionally secure environment where they form strong, nurturing bonds with dedicated and passionate staff. They eagerly engage in an exceptional variety of rich, stimulating experiences that ignite their imagination and extend their learning and development. Children are incredibly respectful and consistently invite others to join their play, demonstrating enormous kindness and empathy.

Outstanding Ofsted ratingNurturing environmentInclusive curriculumStrong parent partnershipsDedicated staffRich outdoor play

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am to 6.15pm, Monday to Friday

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Kids Planet Haywards Heath

Last inspected 16 May 2025 · Teresa Colburn

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Babies and children are extremely confident and happy, thriving in a safe, emotionally secure environment where they form strong, nurturing bonds with dedicated and passionate staff. They eagerly engage in an exceptional variety of rich, stimulating experiences that ignite their imagination and extend their learning and development. Children are incredibly respectful and consistently invite others to join their play, demonstrating enormous kindness and empathy.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff are highly skilled in promoting children's communication and language development.
  • The nursery provides an outstanding, inclusive curriculum that fully supports the diverse needs of all children.
  • Staff conduct thorough and purposeful observations and assessments to truly understand each child's strengths, development and next steps in learning.
  • Staff support children to have an excellent understanding of healthy lifestyles.
  • The managers are truly exceptional, demonstrating a dedication to every child's learning and development.
Inspection #10388455 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents are overwhelmingly positive about the nursery. They praise the dedicated and passionate staff team, welcoming environment, abundance of resources and the remarkable progress their children make. They feel included, listened to and respected in their child's learning and development, creating a strong sense of trust in the nursery.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The nursery provides an outstanding, inclusive curriculum that fully supports the diverse needs of all children. Staff have an exceptional understanding of each child's development and individual next steps in learning, ensuring all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make outstanding progress from their starting points. Staff make appropriate rapid referrals to external agencies and professionals, allowing children to gain any extra support they need. Additional funding is carefully and strategically managed to ensure all children have access to the best possible opportunities to achieve their full potential.

Outdoor space

In the garden, children explore light and shadow using coloured magnetic shapes, enthusiastically discovering patterns and engaging in rich conversations with staff about shapes, shadows and light. Children have continuous opportunities to play in the fresh air; older children ride bikes, balance on beams, use climbing frames and run around, while younger children have excellent opportunities to develop their physical skills through crawling, climbing and cruising around furniture safely.

Parent Reviews of Kids Planet Haywards Heath

4.6
(11)
Eleanor Borland
5 years ago

My daughter is always excited to go to nursery. Even more so when they started to include Sing & Sign which she has done since she was three months. The nursery itself is lovely, modern and clean with a great selection of wooden toys and books. The staff are very friendly and engaging. They clearly care about all the children there and are invested in their growth and development. They regularly update the app with observations and pictures. We're very happy leaving our daughter in their care and look forward to seeing her continue to flourish as she progresses through each class.

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Sadie Twomey
2 years ago

We have nothing but good things to say about this nursery. Our baby has been attending for 6 months now and is thriving. Their attention to her learning and development, physical, emotional and in learning, is incredible. Watching her grow with them is lovely, they care so much about her. Our baby loves attending and on the weekend picks up her nursery backpack wanting to head there. We appreciate all the communication they provide and feel our baby is in safe hands. Couldn't recommend it more.

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Katie Barnes
5 years ago

Our son started at this nursery in February 2019 and always looks forward to going in. There are so many different and fun activities on offer everyday and he is always excited to tell me what he got up to. The staff are wonderful and really care for the children. They provide us with daily reports and I feel that they really invest time in getting to know each individual child. The food is great and my son often has second and third portions! Highly recommended.

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Claire Grant
5 years ago

We have been very pleased with this nursery from the beginning. The nursery is well equipped, spacious, air conditioned (a huge bonus in a hot summer), but more importantly the staff are all lovely and our daughter has formed close bonds with them and is really thriving there. We are given a lot of updates, with photos, on her activities and progress there via Parentzone.

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Anna Davey
5 years ago

I can't recommend Perfect Start strongly enough - by the end of my son's first week he was desperate to get in there in the morning! The team have all been absolutely wonderful - they take so much time and care over all of the children and spend a long time chatting to each parent at the end of the day, telling us how the day has been and what the children have been up to. I drop my son off in the morning with 100% confidence that he will be wonderfully looked after and that he will have loads of fun - he is so happy at the end of the day after having such a great time and that is just the best feeling. Well done to all the team for doing such a fantastic job!

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Inspection history

Date: July 2019

  • June 2025Outstanding
  • May 2025Outstanding
  • August 2019Good
  • July 2019Good

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