What Ofsted grade does Barn Owls Pre-School have?

Barn Owls Pre-School has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 15 January 2026. Its most common grade is expected standard in 3 of 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.

How many children can Barn Owls Pre-School take?

Ofsted registers Barn Owls Pre-School for 30 places at any one time. The average day nursery in East Sussex has 48.

How much does Barn Owls Pre-School cost?

Barn Owls Pre-School sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in South East charges £202 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.

Does Barn Owls Pre-School offer 30 hours free childcare?

Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Barn Owls Pre-School how it offers them.

When was Barn Owls Pre-School last inspected?

Ofsted last inspected Barn Owls Pre-School on 15 January 2026. The full report is on the Ofsted website.

Which nurseries are near Barn Owls Pre-School?

Nearby in Etchingham: Each Peach Forest School, Robertsbridge Children's Services, The Farmyard Nursery Limited Company.

Barn Owls Pre-School

Day nursery in East Sussex.

Etchingham Primary School and Nursery, Parsonage Croft, Etchingham, TN19 7BY

30 places

2015 registered with Ofsted

26 of 132 in our East Sussex ranking

£144 a week, 50 hours for a 3 year old, South East average

What Ofsted found

Expected standard in 3 of 6 Inspected 15 January 2026

Ofsted report card for Barn Owls Pre-School
Area	Grade	What the grade means
Inclusion	Strong standard	Better than the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Curriculum and teaching	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Achievement	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Behaviour, attitudes and routines	Strong standard	Better than the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Children’s welfare and well-being	Strong standard	Better than the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Leadership and governance	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Safeguarding	Met	Ofsted found the nursery keeps children safe in the ways the law requires.

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What a place could cost

Barn Owls Pre-School sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in South East, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.

Child's age	You pay a week	About a month
From 9 months to 2	£161	£511
2 years old	£152	£480
3 to 4 years old	£144	£457

A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.

Barn Owls Pre-School against East Sussex

	Barn Owls Pre-School	East Sussex average
Places	30	48
Ofsted outcome	Expected standard in 3 of 6	86% rated Good or better

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Questions parents ask about Barn Owls Pre-School

What Ofsted grade does Barn Owls Pre-School have?: Barn Owls Pre-School has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 15 January 2026. Its most common grade is expected standard in 3 of 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.
How many children can Barn Owls Pre-School take?: Ofsted registers Barn Owls Pre-School for 30 places at any one time. The average day nursery in East Sussex has 48.
How much does Barn Owls Pre-School cost?: Barn Owls Pre-School sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in South East charges £202 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
Does Barn Owls Pre-School offer 30 hours free childcare?: Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Barn Owls Pre-School how it offers them.
When was Barn Owls Pre-School last inspected?: Ofsted last inspected Barn Owls Pre-School on 15 January 2026. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
Which nurseries are near Barn Owls Pre-School?: Nearby in Etchingham: Each Peach Forest School, Robertsbridge Children's Services, The Farmyard Nursery Limited Company.

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.