What Ofsted grade does Cootham Pre-School have?

Cootham Pre-School has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 20 November 2025. Its most common grade is expected standard in 4 of 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.

How many children can Cootham Pre-School take?

Ofsted registers Cootham Pre-School for 27 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Pulborough has 47.

How much does Cootham Pre-School cost?

Cootham 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 Cootham 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 Cootham Pre-School how it offers them.

When was Cootham Pre-School last inspected?

Ofsted last inspected Cootham Pre-School on 20 November 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.

Which nurseries are near Cootham Pre-School?

Nearby in RH20: Chuckleberries At Coldwaltham, Bury Manor Pre-School, The Treehouse Nursery West Chiltington.

Cootham Pre-School

Day nursery in Pulborough, RH20. Part of the West Sussex council area.

Cootham Village Hall, Chapel Lane, Cootham, Pulborough, RH20 4JX

27 places

1999 registered with Ofsted

2 of 10 in our Pulborough ranking

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

What Ofsted found

Expected standard in 4 of 6 Inspected 20 November 2025

Ofsted report card for Cootham 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	Expected standard	Meets 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

Cootham 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.

Cootham Pre-School against Pulborough

	Cootham Pre-School	Pulborough average
Places	27	47
Ofsted outcome	Expected standard in 4 of 6	80% rated Good or better

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Questions parents ask about Cootham Pre-School

What Ofsted grade does Cootham Pre-School have?: Cootham Pre-School has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 20 November 2025. Its most common grade is expected standard in 4 of 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.
How many children can Cootham Pre-School take?: Ofsted registers Cootham Pre-School for 27 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Pulborough has 47.
How much does Cootham Pre-School cost?: Cootham 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 Cootham 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 Cootham Pre-School how it offers them.
When was Cootham Pre-School last inspected?: Ofsted last inspected Cootham Pre-School on 20 November 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
Which nurseries are near Cootham Pre-School?: Nearby in RH20: Chuckleberries At Coldwaltham, Bury Manor Pre-School, The Treehouse Nursery West Chiltington.

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.