Full-day nursery in Watersfield, West Sussex
Fairytale Forest Day Nursery
Bury Gate, Bury, Pulborough, RH20 1NL · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- 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.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since December 2019Reference 2564737Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 22 April 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places56 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 17 April 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Bury Gate, Bury, Pulborough, RH20 1NL · More nurseries in RH20
Buses
2 bus stops within 400 m, including Bury Road.
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, 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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Fairytale Forest Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Bury Gate, Bury, Pulborough, RH20 1NL, in Watersfield, West Sussex. It is registered for 56 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 4 reviews (November 2026).
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| Fairytale Forest Day NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St James' CofE Primary School, Coldwaltham Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 1.2 miles
- Bury CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 1.3 miles
- Dorset House School ages 4–13 1.5 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Fairytale Forest Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Fairytale Forest Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 22 April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Fairytale Forest Day Nursery take?
Fairytale Forest Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 56 children at any one time.
How do I contact Fairytale Forest Day Nursery?
You can call 01798 839004 and visit www.fairytale-forest.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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.
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2564737 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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