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Pumpkin Patch Nursery Crescent Road Worthing

Ofsted: Expected standard·
5.0(3 Google reviews) ·40 Crescent Road, Worthing, BN11 1RQ · West Sussex
Number of places
60 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2026
Local authority
West Sussex

About this day nursery

Pumpkin Patch Nursery in Worthing, registered with Ofsted in 2025, provides childcare for children aged 0-4 years, operating Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 18:00. The day nursery is praised for its friendly, welcoming, and inclusive environment, where children thrive in a curriculum that ignites their curiosity.

A strong focus is placed on communication and language development, with staff introducing new vocabulary and using sign language for all children, including babies. Children enthusiastically engage in stories and group activities, developing a love for books and preparing them well for school.

The day nursery is particularly passionate about supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), effectively using additional funding to enhance experiences and outcomes. Individual plans for children with SEND are reviewed regularly with parents, ensuring significant progress.

The setting offers enriching outdoor experiences, including delightful beach school sessions where children learn to work together safely, and engaging forest school activities for older children to develop physical skills. Leaders and staff foster extremely positive partnerships with parents, who highly value the support and discussions about their child’s care and progress.

The nursery works to remove barriers to learning for all children, offering a high-quality, inclusive curriculum that adapts activities to benefit every child, including those facing additional learning challenges.

What it's like

Babies and children thrive at this friendly, welcoming and inclusive setting. They enjoy a highly motivating and carefully planned environment that ignites their curiosity, with activities such as forest school for older children and calming spaces for younger ones. They are extremely well supported with communication and language development, developing a love of books and engaging enthusiastically in stories and group activities, and are well prepared for school and future learning. Partnerships with parents are extremely positive, with families valuing the support and discussions about their care and progress.

Friendly, welcoming, inclusiveStrong communication focusEffective SEND supportEngaging outdoor learningPositive parent partnerships

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 08:00 - 18:00

Term time / All Year

All_year

Registered with Ofsted

2025

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Mar 2026

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementStrong standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted report for Pumpkin Patch Nursery Crescent Road Worthing

Last inspected 26 March 2026

What it's like to attend

Babies and children thrive at this friendly, welcoming and inclusive setting. They enjoy a highly motivating and carefully planned environment that ignites their curiosity, with activities such as forest school for older children and calming spaces for younger ones. They are extremely well supported with communication and language development, developing a love of books and engaging enthusiastically in stories and group activities, and are well prepared for school and future learning. Partnerships with parents are extremely positive, with families valuing the support and discussions about their care and progress.

Inspector highlights

  • Babies and children, including those with special educational needs and or disabilities, are developing an extensive range of skills and knowledge across the curriculum.
  • Children of all ages are highly articulate communicators and show early progress in their interactions and emerging language skills.
  • Leaders have developed a high-quality curriculum that is inclusive for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
  • Staff regularly assess children's progress to ensure that learning builds progressively on what children already know and can do.
  • Communication and language development is a strong focus, with staff introducing new vocabulary and using sign language.
  • Leaders and staff have created a warm and welcoming environment where expectations for behaviour are clear and consistently reinforced.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should strengthen support for staff to ensure they consistently have a secure understanding of their roles and responsibilities throughout the daily routine, to provide a consistent approach to securing excellence across the setting.
  • 2Leaders should strengthen mealtime routines for younger children, to ensure support for children's emotional wellbeing is consistently highly effective.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders and staff are extremely passionate about removing barriers to learning for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They effectively use additional funding to widen children's experiences and improve outcomes, with individual plans for children with SEND reviewed regularly with parents to ensure significant progress.

Outdoor space

Children delight at beach school sessions, working together to keep each other safe. Older children are highly engaged in forest school activities where they develop their physical skills using hammers to bang in pegs.

EAL / language support

Children are supported to learn words and songs in other languages, and staff use sign language to support all babies and children, modelling vocabulary to build on the language children need to express themselves confidently.

Google Reviews of Pumpkin Patch Nursery Crescent Road Worthing

5.0
(3 Google reviews)
Camilla Larese De Santo
a year ago

The best Nursery ever! Building new, the teaching approach is one of the best in the world, a lot of Arts, Forest school, a lot of connection with nature. The staff is amazing and know how to make feel really good your children. The app is constantly updated so you know exactly what happened with your little one. The chef is super competent and prepares delicious healthy foods following any diet (vegan, vegetarian, any allergies). There is a great connection with the parents as well because the job of our littles is not just to the nursery but have to carry on and be shared to the family too. My daughter absolutely loves it and she would like to go every day and we are really happy so see her enthusiasm 🤩 Super recommend!!!

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Terry Bryant
a year ago

Grandson loves to get there and is always well looked after

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

26 March 2026

Expected standard

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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