Full-day nursery in The Close, West Sussex
St Richard's School Nursery Unit
Cawley Road, Chichester, PO19 1XB · 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 May 1997Reference 113733Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 9 June 2025Ofsted · 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 15 July 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Cawley Road, Chichester, PO19 1XB · More nurseries in PO19
Stations
- Chichester6 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
22 bus stops within 400 m, including Market Avenue, High School and Herald Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Litten Gardens9 min walk
- Priory Park10 min walk
- St James's or Jubilee Park10 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 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.
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St Richard's School Nursery Unit is a full-day nursery at Cawley Road, Chichester, PO19 1XB, in The Close, West Sussex. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (October 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2022 under 0.1 miles
- The Prebendal School ages 2–14has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- Kingsham Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 0.4 miles
- Rumboldswhyke CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.5 miles
- St. Joseph's CofE Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.6 miles
- St. Joseph's Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Concerns)inspected November 2023 0.6 miles
- Chichester Nursery School Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.7 miles
- Chichester Free School All-throughages 4–19Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.7 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 St Richard's School Nursery Unit's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Richard's School Nursery Unit Good at its inspection on 9 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St Richard's School Nursery Unit take?
St Richard's School Nursery Unit is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to St Richard's School Nursery Unit?
Chichester is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact St Richard's School Nursery Unit?
You can call 01243 776728 and visit strichardsnursery.org.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 October 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.
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Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 113733 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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