Full-day nursery in Portfield, West Sussex
Chichester Nursery School, Children and Family Centre
Chichester Nursery School, St. James Road, CHICHESTER, PO19 7AB · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Chichester Nursery School, St. James Road, CHICHESTER, PO19 7AB · More nurseries in PO19
Stations
- Chichester22 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Victoria Road, Farndell Close and Florence Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Litten Gardens8 min walk
- St James's or Jubilee Park10 min walk
- Priory Park11 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In West Sussex there are about 2.7 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Chichester Nursery School, Children and Family Centre is a full-day nursery at Chichester Nursery School, St. James Road, CHICHESTER, PO19 7AB, in Portfield, West Sussex. It is registered for 35 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 34 reviews (October 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Chichester Nursery School Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Portfield Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 under 0.1 miles
- Rumboldswhyke CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.4 miles
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2022 0.7 miles
- The Prebendal School ages 2–14has a nursery class 0.8 miles
- St. Joseph's CofE Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.8 miles
- Kingsham Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 0.8 miles
- St. Joseph's Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Concerns)inspected November 2023 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Chichester Nursery School, Children and Family Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Chichester Nursery School, Children and Family Centre Good at its inspection on 4 July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Chichester Nursery School, Children and Family Centre take?
Chichester Nursery School, Children and Family Centre is registered with Ofsted for up to 35 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Chichester Nursery School, Children and Family Centre?
Chichester is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Chichester Nursery School, Children and Family Centre?
You can call 01243 642959 and visit www.chichesternursery.org.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 October 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY301600 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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