Full-day nursery in Tower Hill, West Sussex
Kookaburra Playgroup
Hills Farm Lane, HORSHAM, RH12 1TZ · 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
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Hills Farm Lane, HORSHAM, RH12 1TZ · More nurseries in RH12
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Shandys Close, Arunside and Blackbridge Lane Shops.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Somergate Play Area playground7 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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Kookaburra Playgroup is a full-day nursery at Hills Farm Lane, HORSHAM, RH12 1TZ, in Tower Hill, West Sussex. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Arunside School, Horsham Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.2 miles
- St John's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.2 miles
- St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- Greenway Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2024 0.7 miles
- Trafalgar Community Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2024 0.9 miles
- Shelley Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected January 2025 0.9 miles
- Aurora Vincent House School ages 5–19 1.1 miles
- Horsham Nursery School Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 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 Kookaburra Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Kookaburra Playgroup Good at its inspection on 30 November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Kookaburra Playgroup take?
Kookaburra Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Kookaburra Playgroup?
Christs Hospital is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY381404 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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