Full-day nursery in Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead, West Sussex
Little Barn Owls, The Orchard
The Orchard, Cowfold Road, West Grinstead, Horsham, RH13 8LY · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
The Orchard, Cowfold Road, West Grinstead, Horsham, RH13 8LY · More nurseries in RH13
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Kennel Lane and North Lodge.
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.
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Little Barn Owls, The Orchard is a full-day nursery at The Orchard, Cowfold Road, West Grinstead, Horsham, RH13 8LY, in Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead, West Sussex. It is registered for 64 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026). It is run by Little Barn Owls Ltd.
Run by Little Barn Owls Ltd (company), which runs 5 nurseries.
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Schools nearby
- St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 1.7 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 Little Barn Owls, The Orchard's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Barn Owls, The Orchard Outstanding at its inspection on 13 August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Barn Owls, The Orchard take?
Little Barn Owls, The Orchard is registered with Ofsted for up to 64 children at any one time.
Who runs Little Barn Owls, The Orchard?
Little Barn Owls, The Orchard is run by Little Barn Owls Ltd, which runs 5 nurseries.
How do I contact Little Barn Owls, The Orchard?
You can call 01403 916501 and visit www.littlebarnowls.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.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2745026 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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