Full-day nursery in Whyke, West Sussex
Welcome House Day Nursery
87 Grove Road, Chichester, PO19 8AR · 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 May 2011Reference EY427635Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 24 July 2025Ofsted · 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 6 November 2023Food 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
87 Grove Road, Chichester, PO19 8AR · More nurseries in PO19
Stations
- Chichester14 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Cherry Orchard Road, Eastland Road and Whyke Lane.
Parks and playgrounds
- Litten Gardens11 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground7 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.
What parents say
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Welcome House Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 87 Grove Road, Chichester, PO19 8AR, in Whyke, West Sussex. It is registered for 36 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in July 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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| Welcome House Day NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Rumboldswhyke CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.3 miles
- Kingsham Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 0.3 miles
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2022 0.3 miles
- Chichester Nursery School Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.5 miles
- Chichester Free School All-throughages 4–19Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.6 miles
- Portfield Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.6 miles
- The Prebendal School ages 2–14has a nursery class 0.7 miles
- St. Joseph's CofE Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.8 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 Welcome House Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Welcome House Day Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 24 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Welcome House Day Nursery take?
Welcome House Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 36 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Welcome House Day Nursery?
Chichester is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Welcome House Day Nursery?
You can call 01243 783852 and visit www.welcomehousedaynursery.co.uk.
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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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY427635 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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