Full-day nursery in St John's Common, West Sussex
Windmills Opportunity Playgroup
Sheddingdean Community Centre, Maple Drive, Burgess Hill, RH15 8UA · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Sheddingdean Community Centre, Maple Drive, Burgess Hill, RH15 8UA · More nurseries in RH15
Stations
- Wivelsfield14 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Burgess Hill20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Forge Way, Bramber Way and Packham Way.
Parks and playgrounds
- Marle Place Park7 min walk
- West End Farm Recreation Ground11 min walk
- St John's Park11 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 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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Windmills Opportunity Playgroup is a full-day nursery at Sheddingdean Community Centre, Maple Drive, Burgess Hill, RH15 8UA, in St John's Common, West Sussex. It is registered for 20 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Windmills Opportunity Playgroup Trust.
Run by Windmills Opportunity Playgroup Trust (charity), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windmills Opportunity PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| St Andrew's Pre-SchoolSessional pre-school | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
| St Andrew's Pre-SchoolFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Sheddingdean Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 under 0.1 miles
- Hambrook School ages 5–18 0.2 miles
- West Sussex Alternative Provision College ages 5–16Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.6 miles
- The Gattons Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.7 miles
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.7 miles
- Oak Tree Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected April 2022 0.7 miles
- Southway Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.9 miles
- Woodlands Meed ages 2–19Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 1.0 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 Windmills Opportunity Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Windmills Opportunity Playgroup Good at its inspection on 25 April 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Windmills Opportunity Playgroup take?
Windmills Opportunity Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 20 children at any one time.
Who runs Windmills Opportunity Playgroup?
Windmills Opportunity Playgroup is run by Windmills Opportunity Playgroup Trust, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Windmills Opportunity Playgroup?
Wivelsfield is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Windmills Opportunity Playgroup?
You can call 07729 459279 and visit www.windmillsplaygroup.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 113835 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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