Full-day nursery in The Close, West Sussex
First Steps Childcare @ Chichester College
Chichester College, Westgate Fields, Chichester, PO19 1SB · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- 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.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since October 1990Reference 113485Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 2 August 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places130 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 29 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
Chichester College, Westgate Fields, Chichester, PO19 1SB · More nurseries in PO19
Stations
- Chichester8 min walk · 0.3 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Parklands Road, Westgate Leisure Centre and Westgate.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Brewery Field6 min walk
- The Green, Parklands10 min walk
- Donnington Park12 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground11 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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First Steps Childcare @ Chichester College is a full-day nursery at Chichester College, Westgate Fields, Chichester, PO19 1SB, in The Close, West Sussex. It is registered for 130 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 5 reviews (November 2026). It is run by First Steps Childcare Group Limited.
Run by First Steps Childcare Group Limited (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- The Prebendal School ages 2–14has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- Parklands Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.4 miles
- St. Joseph's CofE Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.4 miles
- St. Joseph's Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Concerns)inspected November 2023 0.4 miles
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2022 0.5 miles
- St Anthony's School ages 4–16Ofsted: Outstandinginspected November 2023 0.8 miles
- Kingsham Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 0.9 miles
- Jessie Younghusband Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 1.0 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 First Steps Childcare @ Chichester College's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated First Steps Childcare @ Chichester College Good at its inspection on 2 August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can First Steps Childcare @ Chichester College take?
First Steps Childcare @ Chichester College is registered with Ofsted for up to 130 children at any one time.
Who runs First Steps Childcare @ Chichester College?
First Steps Childcare @ Chichester College is run by First Steps Childcare Group Limited, which runs 3 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to First Steps Childcare @ Chichester College?
Chichester is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact First Steps Childcare @ Chichester College?
You can call 01243 530427 and visit www.firststepschildcare.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- 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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 113485 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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