Welcome to the website for Penhill Playgroup, a Registered Charity in Lancing, West Sussex, offering Early Years Childcare for children aged two and a half to five years.

                                                                                   

Penhill Playgroup is OFSTED inspected and a Registered Provider under the West Sussex County Council Early Childhood Service for Free Entitlement (Early Years Provision) for 2, 3 and 4 year olds. We can accommodate up to 30 children per session aged between two and a half and five years old.The children are cared for by qualified staff with a ratio of one staff member to eight children for 3 and 4 year olds and one staff member to four children for 2 year olds.

At Penhill Playgroup, we aim to make pre-school fun and to equip the children with the necessary skills of caring and sharing, learned through interaction with other children.

 A wide range of activities are offered to satisfy curious minds, including painting, water play, glueing, playdough, chalking, crayoning, sand pit, role-play, and many creative projects. We aim to encourage children to explore and learn through play and direction using equipment provided. There is a home corner to give children an opportunity for imaginative play and children are encouraged to use the book corner. There is time set aside daily for songs, rhymes and stories and on most fine days the children spend time outside with a variety of tricycles and wheeled toys, to develop gross motor skills.

This is what some of our parents and carers say about us:

 "Lovely environment. My daughter has become so much more confident" Parent, 2024
"Lovely approachable staff" Parent, 2024,    
"Family feel Playgroup rather than feeling like a number" Parent, 2024
"We love how friendly the staff are" Parent, 2024,      
"I have always felt massively supported at the Playgroup" Parent, 2024
"The staff are great and always welcoming" Parent, 2024
"Not only have you supported three of my children, you have been a fantastic support to me as a parent." Parent, 2023

Children with SEND
You may like to visit the West Sussex Local Offer page to find out more about local services and support https://westsussex.local-offer.org/

Reaching Families aims to empower, inform and support parent-carers and families of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in West Sussex 
https://www.reachingfamilies.org.uk/

SENDIAS provides impartial information, advice and support for children and young people with SEND up to the age of 25 and their parents/carers https://westsussexsendias.org/about-us/

Under the SEN Code of Practice 2014, please  click here to view the Penhill Playgroup Local Offer.

Covid-19

Coronavirus (Covid-19) Playgroup Risk Assessment (updated October 2022)
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Stay and Play Risk Assessment (updated October 2022)

Newsletters

Playgroup Newsletter September 2024

Playgroup Newsletter July 2024

Safeguarding Letter from West Sussex