Full-day nursery in Wannock, East Sussex
Lower Willingdon Pre-School Nursery
Rapsons Road, Lower Willingdon, BN20 9RJ · 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.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since March 1995Reference 507915Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 27 June 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places28 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 24 April 2025Food 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
Rapsons Road, Lower Willingdon, BN20 9RJ · More nurseries in BN20
Stations
- Polegate22 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Willingdon Community School, Tott Yew Road and Broad Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground6 min walk
- Huggetts Lane 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 East Sussex there are about 3.2 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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Lower Willingdon Pre-School Nursery is a full-day nursery at Rapsons Road, Lower Willingdon, BN20 9RJ, in Wannock, East Sussex. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Willingdon Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Oakwood Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 1.2 miles
- Polegate Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 1.2 miles
- Parkland Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 1.4 miles
- Parkland Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 1.4 miles
- Ocklynge Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 1.7 miles
- Willingdon Community School Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.2 miles
- The Eastbourne Academy Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Inadequate; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected January 2025 1.3 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 Lower Willingdon Pre-School Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Lower Willingdon Pre-School Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 27 June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Lower Willingdon Pre-School Nursery take?
Lower Willingdon Pre-School Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Lower Willingdon Pre-School Nursery?
Polegate is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 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
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 507915 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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