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Teddy Wilf's @ Witterings

Ofsted: Expected standard·St Anne's Village Hall, Church Road, East Wittering, Chichester, PO20 8PS · West Sussex
Number of places
35 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2026
Local authority
West Sussex

About this day nursery

Teddy Wilf's @ Witterings, located in East Wittering, Chichester, is an early years childcare setting registered with Ofsted in April 2024. The nursery provides a secure and welcoming environment where children aged 2 to 4 develop independence and confidence through a kind and respectful culture.

Leaders ensure that all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and disadvantaged children, receive tailored support and make good progress from their individual starting points. The curriculum is thoughtfully designed to support all 7 areas of learning, with staff using clear communication and visual aids to help children access activities.

Children benefit from opportunities for physical development both indoors and outdoors, and staff encourage healthy choices and positive social interactions. The nursery places a strong emphasis on fostering positive relationships with families, offering flexible settling sessions, regular updates, and family events to ensure parents are involved in their child's learning journey.

Children are encouraged to be independent and confident, taking part in routines such as self-registration and tidy-up time, and staff model kindness and cooperation to support their social and emotional development.

What it's like

Children at Teddy Wilf's @ Witterings feel happy, safe, and confident, forming warm relationships with staff. They are eager to explore and participate in thoughtfully prepared activities that build on their interests. Children with special educational needs or other barriers receive timely support, enabling them to make steady progress and access all activities. They achieve well as staff understand their starting points and plan engaging activities that foster curiosity and a deeper understanding of the world.

Strong standardNurturing environmentTailored supportEffective safeguardingPromotes independence

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 08:00 - 15:30

Term time / All Year

Term_time_only

Established

2024

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected May 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

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
2 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating

Last inspected 14 May 2026

What it's like to attend

Children at Teddy Wilf's @ Witterings feel happy, safe, and confident, forming warm relationships with staff. They are eager to explore and participate in thoughtfully prepared activities that build on their interests. Children with special educational needs or other barriers receive timely support, enabling them to make steady progress and access all activities. They achieve well as staff understand their starting points and plan engaging activities that foster curiosity and a deeper understanding of the world.

Inspector highlights

  • Safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.
  • Leaders have created a kind, respectful culture where children feel safe, valued, and ready to learn, with clear expectations for behaviour and calm, predictable routines.
  • Staff build warm, trusting relationships with children, helping them to settle quickly and develop a positive attitude towards learning.
  • Leaders ensure children's needs are quickly and effectively identified, putting tailored support in place for disadvantaged children, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and those facing barriers.
  • Children develop knowledge and skills appropriate for their age and stage across the 7 areas of learning, making progress with communication and language.
  • Leaders place a high priority on creating a secure, welcoming environment where all children feel safe, happy, and ready to learn.
  • Children benefit from regular access to outdoor learning, giving them space to explore and be active throughout the day.
  • Staff wellbeing and workload are supported well, with leaders providing training and fostering a supportive environment.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should strengthen home-setting partnerships by supporting staff to consistently share daily information with parents.
  • 2Leaders should strengthen the quality of teaching by supporting staff to use a wider range of high-quality interactions to extend children's communication and language, encourage their independent ideas and deepen their learning.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders ensure children's needs are quickly and effectively identified, gathering detailed information from families, holding regular conversations, and completing observations. Staff use assessment tools, such as speech and language trackers, to recognise concerns early. A robust procedure is in place to assess, plan, do, and review learning for children with SEND, ensuring tailored support and positive progress. Leaders work closely with parents and outside professionals, making thoughtful adaptations to the environment and curriculum to support all children.

Outdoor space

Children benefit from regular access to outdoor learning, giving them space to explore and be active throughout the day. Outside, they kick balls, throw water balloons at a pretend fire and dig, scoop and pour in the sand and water tray.

EAL / language support

Staff ensure that all children, including those facing barriers, can follow expectations, using pictures of resources and activities, clear language, and small adaptations to the environment so every child can participate confidently.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

14 May 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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