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Lower Beeding Day Nursery & Pre-School

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Mar 2025)
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5.0(6 parent reviews) ·Leech Pond Hill, Lower Beeding, RH13 6NR · West Sussex
Number of places
72 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2025
Local authority
West Sussex

About this day nursery

Lower Beeding Day Nursery & Pre-School, located in Lower Beeding, West Sussex, opened its doors in 2000. Operating weekdays from 7:30 am to 6 pm all year round, this outstanding nursery provides a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 0 to 4.

With a team of 16 dedicated staff members, 11 of whom hold early years qualifications and one with a level 6 qualification, the nursery demonstrates a strong commitment to professional development. The nursery is known for its exceptional focus on fostering independence, confidence, and language development in children, with staff expertly encouraging these skills in every interaction.

Children thrive in an environment where they are actively involved in decisions about their learning, such as choosing vegetables for the garden committee or browsing cookery books for their cookery club. The emphasis on outdoor learning, with joyful explorations of the wooded area in the park and opportunities to discover wildlife, further enriches the children's experiences and vocabulary.

What it's like

All children thrive in this outstanding nursery. Leaders and staff expertly encourage children's confidence, independence and thinking skills in every interaction. Staff are exceptionally skilled at supporting children in an enthusiastic and calm way. This has an incredibly positive effect on children's well-being and development in all areas.

Outstanding provisionStrong independenceOutdoor learningEffective curriculumExceptional staff

Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am to 6pm, all year round

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2000

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Lower Beeding Day Nursery & Pre-School

Last inspected 19 March 2025

Overall effectiveness
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

All children thrive in this outstanding nursery. Leaders and staff expertly encourage children's confidence, independence and thinking skills in every interaction. Staff are exceptionally skilled at supporting children in an enthusiastic and calm way. This has an incredibly positive effect on children's well-being and development in all areas.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders and staff expertly encourage children's confidence, independence and thinking skills in every interaction.
  • Children love spending time outdoors and joyfully explore the wooded area in the park.
  • Staff have extremely high expectations of children and encourage them to make choices about their learning and routines.
  • Managers and staff have an inspirational and clear vision about what they want children to learn.
  • The curriculum is ambitious and highly effective, with staff adapting activities to suit each child's needs.
  • Managers carefully plan and include activities to enhance children's experiences beyond the nursery, such as forest school club and sports club.
  • Children, including those who speak English as an additional language, learn to become highly confident communicators.
  • Parents speak glowingly of the nursery and staff, describing the positive effect on their children's well-being and development.
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Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

Children love spending time outdoors. They recall learning from previous weeks, where they learned about animals and their habitats. They joyfully explore the wooded area in the park opposite, stopping to listen to and observe birds and other wildlife. Children repeat back the new vocabulary they have learned as they discover insects living in logs.

EAL / language support

Children who speak English as an additional language, learn to become highly confident communicators. Staff expertly support children with new vocabulary and give children a chance to practise the new vocabulary throughout the day.

Parent Reviews of Lower Beeding Day Nursery & Pre-School

5.0
(6)
Cara915 00915
a year ago

My daughter absolutely loves attending Lower Beeding Day Nursery. All the staff are lovely, friendly and professional. She settled in very quickly and staff were very supportive with this transition. They have a great range of toys and activities and a lovely outside space to use too. My daughter is thriving there, I also get regular updates about her development. I loved the Nursery when I first looked round and know I've chosen well, I couldn't be happier with my choice.

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Ricardo Cranio
3 years ago

We are so thankful that we were recommended the Lower Beading Day Nursery by a friend. Our son had previously tried another nursery and it never worked out. However, Emma and her team at the nursery have been amazing. Our son has special needs which have been catered for from the start. His Key person Amy is so attentive and our son has made a special bond with her. We couldn’t recommend this nursery high enough. We have our son and daughter there and they are both soo happy as are we.

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Laura McCann
2 years ago

Absolutely wonderful nursery and staff. We had to move our son from a different nursery and we chose lower beeding and he was absolutely thriving. The staff adore the kids and really take time to nurture and teach them. Couldn’t have been happier.

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Alison Hazell
5 years ago

Amazing place friendly caring staff which is so important for me knowing my son is being looked after and learning things by a great team he just loves going to nursery xx

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Gordon Lawrence
8 years ago

Brilliant staff. Great nursery.

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Inspection history

Date: September 2011

  • March 2025Outstanding
  • May 2019Outstanding
  • March 2014Outstanding
  • September 2011Outstanding

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