Full-day nursery in Lower Beeding, West Sussex
Rabbit Patch Day Nursery
Willow Cottage, Handcross Road, Plummers Plain, Horsham, RH13 6NX · 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 August 2017Reference EY547352Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 18 May 2021Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 11 December 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
Willow Cottage, Handcross Road, Plummers Plain, Horsham, RH13 6NX · More nurseries in RH13
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Howards Nursery and The Old Posthouse.
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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Rabbit Patch Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Willow Cottage, Handcross Road, Plummers Plain, Horsham, RH13 6NX, in Lower Beeding, West Sussex. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.4 from 21 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rabbit Patch Day NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Country Mice NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 3.2 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Lower Beeding Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.2 miles
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What is Rabbit Patch Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Rabbit Patch Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 18 May 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How do I contact Rabbit Patch Day Nursery?
You can call 01403 891976 and visit www.rabbitpatchnursery.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.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY547352 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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