Best nurseries in Brighton and Hove
125 Ofsted-registered nurseries and pre-schools, best Ofsted result first: the latest report card or overall grade, then the most recent inspection. Childminders are not listed (Ofsted does not publish their addresses).
125
nurseries and pre-schools
18
Outstanding or mostly strong
5,292
registered places
| # | Nursery | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bee in the Woods Kindergarten Stanmer Park Full day care · 15 places · BN1 9SE | Outstanding (2025) |
| 2 | The Nursery School Brighton Full day care · 90 places · BN1 8TB | Outstanding (2025) |
| 3 | Boomerang Kids Full day care · 81 places · BN2 8SJ | Outstanding (2025) |
| 4 | Dolphins Pre School Full day care · 30 places · BN3 7QD | Outstanding (2025) |
| 5 | Hopscotch Nursery Full day care · 77 places · BN3 1PL | Outstanding (2025) |
| 6 | Little Acorns Brighton Full day care · 24 places · BN1 6QG | Outstanding (2024) |
| 7 | The Montessori Place Full day care · 14 places · BN3 3ER | Outstanding (2024) |
| 8 | Charley Barley's Nursery Full day care · 46 places · BN1 6FE | Outstanding (2024) |
| 9 | Young Friends Kindergarten Full day care · 70 places · BN3 1JP | Outstanding (2024) |
| 10 | Acorn Nursery Full day care · 60 places · BN41 2PY | Outstanding (2023) |
| 11 | Hopscotch Nursery Full day care · 98 places · BN1 6RD | Outstanding (2023) |
| 12 | Teddy Bears Day Nursery Full day care · 34 places · BN3 5SL | Outstanding (2023) |
| 13 | Jump Start Nursery Full day care · 34 places · BN2 4SE | Outstanding (2023) |
| 14 | Hopscotch Hove Station Full day care · 44 places · BN3 3RT | Outstanding (2022) |
| 15 | Young Sussex Nursery (Brighton) Full day care · 120 places · BN3 1TL | Outstanding (2022) |
| 16 | Bee In The Woods Kindergarten Full day care · 20 places · BN41 2GW | Outstanding (2021) |
| 17 | Pumpkin Patch Nursery Wish Park Hove Full day care · 60 places · BN3 4LF | Report card: 5 strong (Jan 2026) |
| 18 | Happy Learners Day Nursery Full day care · 43 places · BN3 6WL | Report card: 5 strong (Jan 2026) |
| 19 | Magnolia Tree Day Nursery and Preschool Full day care · 90 places · BN3 3ER | Report card: 2 strong, 3 expected (Nov 2025) |
| 20 | Bear's House Nursery Full day care · 40 places · BN1 6EE | Good (2025) |
| 21 | Little Angels Full day care · 33 places · BN1 5LH | Good (2025) |
| 22 | Little Stars Childcare Full day care · 63 places · BN2 4DA | Good (2025) |
| 23 | Mini Adventurers Preschool Full day care · 26 places · BN1 5EE | Good (2025) |
| 24 | Home By The Sea Full day care · 44 places · BN3 4FL | Good (2025) |
| 25 | Little Oaks Sessional day care · 40 places · BN41 2WN | Good (2025) |
| 26 | Pepper-Pot Nursery Partnership Full day care · 21 places · BN2 3ES | Good (2025) |
| 27 | Active Kids Full day care · 62 places · BN3 8LD | Good (2025) |
| 28 | Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School Full day care · 30 places · BN2 8SJ | Good (2025) |
| 29 | Wise Owls Nursery School Full day care · 28 places · BN2 3HF | Good (2025) |
| 30 | Bright Horizons Wish Park, Hove, Day Nursery and Preschool Full day care · 74 places · BN3 4JD | Good (2025) |
| 31 | Oak Cottage Nursery Full day care · 55 places · BN2 6DA | Good (2025) |
| 32 | Each Peach Childcare Full day care · 72 places · BN3 6GD | Good (2025) |
| 33 | Hove Village Day Nursery Ltd Full day care · 147 places · BN3 4JD | Good (2025) |
| 34 | Portslade Day Nursery and Pre-School Full day care · 51 places · BN41 1XR | Good (2025) |
| 35 | Skylarks Nursery School Ltd Sessional day care · 40 places · BN2 4ED | Good (2025) |
| 36 | Honeycroft Full day care · 59 places · BN3 3WF | Good (2024) |
| 37 | St Anthony's Pre school Sessional day care · 30 places · BN3 7LQ | Good (2024) |
| 38 | Growing Up Green Full day care · 60 places · BN1 6HE | Good (2024) |
| 39 | Bloomsbury Street Day Nursery Full day care · 47 places · BN2 1HQ | Good (2024) |
| 40 | Hove Village Pre-School Nursery At Hove Library Full day care · 41 places · BN3 2EG | Good (2024) |
| 41 | Bloomsbury on the beach Full day care · 35 places · BN2 1BX | Good (2024) |
| 42 | Patcham Village Preschool Sessional day care · 28 places · BN1 8XR | Good (2024) |
| 43 | Happy Valley Pre School Brighton Full day care · 36 places · BN2 4FH | Good (2024) |
| 44 | Little Earthworms Full day care · 45 places · BN1 6NF | Good (2024) |
| 45 | Wonder Years Nursery School Full day care · 48 places · BN1 6WF | Good (2024) |
| 46 | Fizzy Fish Pre School Full day care · 20 places · BN3 7NG | Good (2024) |
| 47 | Saltdean Preschool Sessional day care · 30 places · BN2 8HA | Good (2024) |
| 48 | Growing Up Green Full day care · 59 places · BN1 6RA | Good (2024) |
| 49 | The Wishing Tree Day Nursery and Pre-School Full day care · 86 places · BN1 8NA | Good (2024) |
| 50 | Happy Days Nursery Full day care · 46 places · BN2 9SQ | Good (2024) |
| 51 | Sussex House Nursery Full day care · 67 places · BN2 1ES | Good (2024) |
| 52 | Roundabout Nursery Full day care · 86 places · BN2 5FL | Good (2024) |
| 53 | Buntings Nursery Ltd Sessional day care · 24 places · BN1 6NE | Good (2023) |
| 54 | Bright Horizons New Church Road, Hove Day Nursery and Preschool Full day care · 84 places · BN3 4FL | Good (2023) |
| 55 | Sparrows Nursery Sessional day care · 34 places · BN41 1XS | Good (2023) |
| 56 | Hillbury House Nursery Full day care · 30 places · BN3 3TH | Good (2023) |
| 57 | Little Shoes Nursery Ltd Full day care · 30 places · BN1 6PA | Good (2023) |
| 58 | Fizzy Fish Full day care · 24 places · BN3 7NR | Good (2023) |
| 59 | Puffin Community Nursery Sessional day care · 24 places · BN2 9QG | Good (2023) |
| 60 | Hilltop Nursery Full day care · 22 places · BN2 3EW | Good (2023) |
| 61 | Bright Horizons Hove Day Nursery and Preschool Full day care · 122 places · BN3 3ER | Good (2023) |
| 62 | Early Explorers Pre School Full day care · 36 places · BN41 2WF | Good (2023) |
| 63 | Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School Full day care · 45 places · BN3 3WB | Good (2023) |
| 64 | Apple Tree Nursery School Full day care · 25 places · BN2 7HB | Good (2023) |
| 65 | Southern Cross Pre-school Sessional day care · 30 places · BN41 1GU | Good (2023) |
| 66 | The Cromwell Road Day Nursery and Pre-School Full day care · 65 places · BN3 3ER | Good (2023) |
| 67 | Busy Bees Day Nursery at Hove Full day care · 73 places · BN3 6QA | Good (2023) |
| 68 | Fiveways Playcentre Full day care · 52 places · BN1 6DJ | Good (2023) |
| 69 | Little Lambs Kindergarten Full day care · 40 places · BN3 7FG | Good (2023) |
| 70 | Pepperpot Nursery Ltd Full day care · 42 places · BN2 3PF | Good (2023) |
| 71 | Woodpeckers Nursery Ltd Full day care · 24 places · BN3 8LF | Good (2023) |
| 72 | Ovingdean Nursery School Sessional day care · 16 places · BN2 7BB | Good (2023) |
| 73 | Orchard Day Nursery Full day care · 64 places · BN2 0GL | Good (2022) |
| 74 | Butterfly Nursery Full day care · 46 places · BN3 7HY | Good (2022) |
| 75 | Cherry Tree Nursery Full day care · 50 places · BN1 7DY | Good (2022) |
| 76 | Nipperbout At The Brighton Centre Full day care · 20 places · BN1 2GR | Good (2022) |
| 77 | Shirley Street Day Nursery Full day care · 34 places · BN3 3WJ | Good (2022) |
| 78 | Baby Ducks Full day care · 25 places · BN41 2LE | Good (2022) |
| 79 | Hollingbury Park Pre-School Full day care · 40 places · BN1 7HS | Good (2022) |
| 80 | Tarnerland Nursery School Full day care · 20 places · BN2 0AR | Good (2022) |
| 81 | Orchard Pre School Full day care · 19 places · BN2 9YA | Good (2022) |
| 82 | Kipling Lions Pre-School Sessional day care · 40 places · BN2 6RH | Good (2022) |
| 83 | Young Sussex Nursery (Hove) Full day care · 95 places · BN3 5QJ | Good (2022) |
| 84 | Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School Full day care · 30 places · BN2 7HL | Good (2022) |
| 85 | Nipperbout @ The Hilton Metropole Full day care · 10 places · BN1 2FU | Good (2021) |
| 86 | Hopscotch Nursery Full day care · 92 places · BN3 5JA | Good (2021) |
| 87 | Nanny's House Full day care · 22 places · BN41 2FA | Good (2021) |
| 88 | Wagtails Nursery Full day care · 30 places · BN1 3LP | Good (2021) |
| 89 | Fizzy Fish @ Peter Gladwin Full day care · 24 places · BN41 2PA | Good (2021) |
| 90 | The Nest Full day care · 50 places · BN2 9SJ | Good (2021) |
| 91 | Shoresh Full day care · 32 places · BN3 4AD | Requires improvement (2025) |
| 92 | Hippy Kids Playschool Full day care · 45 places · BN41 1LB | Safeguarding not met (Dec 2025) |
| 93 | Amigos Multicultural Preschool Sessional day care · 24 places · BN3 2FL | Not yet inspected |
| 94 | Apple Tree Day Nursery & Preschool Full day care · 110 places · BN3 4ED | Not yet inspected |
| 95 | Blueberry Nursery School Full day care · 55 places · BN3 1QB | Not yet inspected |
| 96 | Bright Start at Tarner Children's Centre Full day care · 50 places · BN2 9QE | Not yet inspected |
| 97 | Brighton Evolving Education Hub Sessional day care · BN1 6DL | Not yet inspected |
| 98 | Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project Playroom Sessional day care · BN2 0GY | Not yet inspected |
| 99 | Caterpillars Preschool Sessional day care · 20 places · BN1 9EN | Not yet inspected |
| 100 | Cherry Pie Day Nursery Full day care · 68 places · BN2 0AG | Not yet inspected |
| 101 | Earthship - Raising Resilient Sessional day care · BN1 9PZ | Not yet inspected |
| 102 | House of Culture Brighton Full day care · BN1 1UQ | Not yet inspected |
| 103 | House on the Dials Day Nursery and Preschool Full day care · 45 places · BN1 3JB | Not yet inspected |
| 104 | Jeanne Saunders Centre Sessional day care · 24 places · BN3 3WB | Not yet inspected |
| 105 | Lagoon Watersports Sessional day care · BN3 4LX | Not yet inspected |
| 106 | Little Forest Nursery Full day care · 38 places · BN3 1RP | Not yet inspected |
| 107 | N Family Club Hove Full day care · 150 places · BN3 4ED | Not yet inspected |
| 108 | NatureKids Sessional day care · BN1 9SE | Not yet inspected |
| 109 | Oaks Rise CIC Sessional day care · BN3 5HR | Not yet inspected |
| 110 | Oasis Project Creche Sessional day care · BN2 9RA | Not yet inspected |
| 111 | Premier Education - Stanley Deason Leisure Centre Sessional day care · 10 places · BN2 5PB | Not yet inspected |
| 112 | Pumpkin Patch Nursery Church Road Hove Full day care · 60 places · BN3 4BD | Not yet inspected |
| 113 | Pumpkin Patch Nursery Harrington Road Brighton Full day care · 76 places · BN1 6RF | Not yet inspected |
| 114 | Pumpkin Patch Nursery Preston Drove Brighton Full day care · 90 places · BN1 6LA | Not yet inspected |
| 115 | Robins Nursery School Sessional day care · 20 places · BN3 1RP | Not yet inspected |
| 116 | Saltdean Pre-School Sessional day care · 23 places · BN2 8HB | Not yet inspected |
| 117 | Silverbox Holiday School - Carden School Sessional day care · BN1 8LU | Not yet inspected |
| 118 | Sparks Hove Full day care · BN3 6EG | Not yet inspected |
| 119 | Summer Adventure Camp in Brighton Sessional day care · BN3 6ND | Not yet inspected |
| 120 | The Learning Room Brighton Limited Full day care · BN1 6SA | Not yet inspected |
| 121 | Wetwetwet Swim School Sessional day care · BN1 6PZ | Not yet inspected |
| 122 | Wetwetwet Swim School Sessional day care · BN1 5AA | Not yet inspected |
| 123 | Wetwetwet Swim School Sessional day care · BN1 8PB | Not yet inspected |
| 124 | Whizz Kids Holiday Club Sessional day care · 30 places · BN1 5GN | Not yet inspected |
| 125 | Wrap Nursery Full day care · 70 places · BN1 4EA | Not yet inspected |
How much does nursery cost in Brighton and Hove?
Typical weekly nursery prices for a child under two in South East, from the Coram Childcare Survey 2026. A guide only: ask each nursery for its own fees.
Part-time, 25 hours a week
£202 a week
without funded hours (England £189)
Full-time, 50 hours a week
£161 a week
after 30 funded hours (England £149)
Working parents in England can get 30 funded hours a week in term time from when their child is 9 months old, so a 25-hour place can cost little or nothing in term time. Every 3 and 4 year old gets at least 15 funded hours. Funded hours cover 38 weeks a year; nurseries can charge for extra hours, meals and activities. Check what you can get at Childcare Choices.
Questions
What are the best nurseries in Brighton and Hove?
Of 125 nurseries and pre-schools in Brighton and Hove, 18 have Ofsted's top results (Outstanding, or mostly strong or exceptional on the new report card). Listed first: Bee in the Woods Kindergarten Stanmer Park, The Nursery School Brighton, Boomerang Kids.
How much does nursery cost in Brighton and Hove?
In South East, a part-time place (25 hours a week) for a child under two typically costs £202 a week without funded hours (Coram Childcare Survey 2026). Working parents can get 30 funded hours a week in term time from 9 months.
How many nurseries are there in Brighton and Hove?
125 Ofsted-registered nurseries and pre-schools, 92 of them inspected so far.
Nurseries nearby
Aldrington · Goldsmid · Hangleton · Moulsecoomb · Patcham · Portslade · Saltdean · Coldean · Portslade by Sea · Queen's Park · Rottingdean · Westdene · Withdean Woods
Neighbourhoods
Aldrington · Aldrington South · Bevendean & Moulsecoomb East · Brunswick · Coldean & Moulsecoomb North · Elm Grove & Bear Road · Fiveways · Goldsmid East · Goldsmid West · Hangleton North · Hangleton South · Hanover · Hollingbury · Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West · Hove Central · Kemptown · King Alfred · Mile Oak · North Laine & the Lanes · Patcham East
Source: Ofsted early years inspections. Ofsted's report card (from November 2025) grades curriculum, achievement, behaviour, children's welfare and leadership as exceptional, strong, expected, needs attention or urgent improvement; earlier inspections gave one overall grade.