Full-day nursery in East Beach, West Sussex
The Pink Cottage
The Elms, Chichester Road, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 0NL · 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 2018Reference EY559929Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 13 July 2021Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places36 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 5 June 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
The Elms, Chichester Road, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 0NL · More nurseries in PO20
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Golf Links Lane, Asda and Selsey Centre.
Parks and playgrounds
- Manor Green Park.4 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground10 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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The Pink Cottage is a full-day nursery at The Elms, Chichester Road, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 0NL, in East Beach, West Sussex. It is registered for 36 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pink CottageThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Medmerry Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.6 miles
- Seal Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.7 miles
- The Academy, Selsey Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.5 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 The Pink Cottage's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Pink Cottage Good at its inspection on 13 July 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Pink Cottage take?
The Pink Cottage is registered with Ofsted for up to 36 children at any one time.
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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 EY559929 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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