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Nurseries in Hove

There are 43 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Hove, and 24 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Hove

  • Ofsted report cards: 11 settings (6 Exceptional, 48 Strong standard, 12 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 26 settings (7 Outstanding, 19 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Active Kids - Day nursery, Hove BN3 8LD, ages 0 to 4, 62 places
    Ofsted, 11 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Amigos Multicultural Preschool - Pre-school, Hove BN3 2FL, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted report card, 9 July 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Apple Tree Day Nursery & Preschool - Day nursery, Hove BN3 4ED, ages 0 to 4, 110 places
    Ofsted report card, 26 February 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Blueberry Nursery School - Day nursery, Hove BN3 1QB, ages 0 to 4, 64 places
    Ofsted report card, 31 March 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Bright Horizons Hove Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Hove BN3 3ER, ages 0 to 4, 122 places
    Ofsted, 22 August 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Horizons New Church Road, Hove Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Hove BN3 4FL, ages 0 to 4, 84 places
    Ofsted, 8 November 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Horizons Wish Park, Hove, Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Hove BN3 4JD, ages 0 to 4, 74 places
    Ofsted, 26 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at Hove - Day nursery, Hove BN3 6QA, ages 1 to 4, 73 places
    Ofsted, 14 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Butterfly Nursery - Day nursery, Hove BN3 7HY, ages 1 to 5, 46 places
    Ofsted, 5 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Dolphins Pre School - Day nursery, Hove BN3 7QD, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 18 June 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Each Peach Childcare - Day nursery, Hove BN3 6GD, ages 0 to 4, 72 places
    Ofsted, 26 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Fizzy Fish - Day nursery, Hove BN3 7NR, ages 0 to 2, 24 places
    Ofsted, 28 September 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Fizzy Fish Pre School - Day nursery, Hove BN3 7NG, ages 3 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 20 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Happy Learners Day Nursery - Day nursery, Hove BN3 6WL, ages 1 to 4, 43 places
    Ofsted report card, 16 January 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Hillbury House Nursery - Day nursery, Hove BN3 3TH, ages 0 to 5, 30 places
    Ofsted, 30 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Home By The Sea - Day nursery, Hove BN3 4FL, ages 0 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 25 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Honeycroft - Day nursery, Hove BN3 3WF, ages 0 to 10, 59 places
    Ofsted, 10 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hopscotch Hove Station - Day nursery, Hove BN3 3RT, ages 0 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 19 May 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hopscotch Nursery - Day nursery, Hove BN3 5JA, ages 0 to 4, 92 places
    Ofsted report card, 9 June 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Hopscotch Nursery - Day nursery, Hove BN3 1PL, ages 0 to 4, 77 places
    Ofsted, 27 March 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hove Village Day Nursery - Day nursery, Hove BN3 4JD, ages 0 to 4, 147 places
    Ofsted, 13 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hove Village Nursery at Hove Library - Day nursery, Hove BN3 2EG, ages 0 to 4, 41 places
    Ofsted, 24 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Jeanne Saunders Centre - Pre-school, Hove BN3 3WB, ages 3 to 5, 24 places
    Ofsted report card, 1 July 2026: Exceptional in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Lagoon Watersports - Pre-school, Hove BN3 4LX
  • Little Forest Nursery - Day nursery, Hove BN3 1RP, ages 2 to 4, 38 places
    Ofsted report card, 22 July 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Little Lambs Kindergarten - Day nursery, Hove BN3 7FG, ages 1 to 11, 40 places
    Ofsted, 24 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Magnolia Tree Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Hove BN3 3ER, ages 1 to 4, 90 places
    Ofsted report card, 26 November 2025: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • N Family Club Hove - Day nursery, Hove BN3 4ED, 150 places
  • Oaks Rise CIC - Pre-school, Hove BN3 5HR
  • Pumpkin Patch Nursery Church Road Hove - Day nursery, Hove BN3 4BD, ages 1 to 2, 60 places
    Ofsted report card, 11 September 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Pumpkin Patch Nursery Wish Park Hove - Day nursery, Hove BN3 4LF, ages 2 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted report card, 29 January 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Robins Nursery School - Pre-school, Hove BN3 1RP, 20 places
  • Shirley Street Day Nursery - Day nursery, Hove BN3 3WJ, ages 0 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 14 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Shoresh - Day nursery, Hove BN3 4AD, ages 1 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted report card, 18 March 2026: Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 2 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Sparks Hove - Day nursery, Hove BN3 6EG
  • St Anthony's Pre school - Pre-school, Hove BN3 7LQ, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 20 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Summer Adventure Camp in Brighton - Pre-school, Hove BN3 6ND
  • Teddy Bears Day Nursery - Day nursery, Hove BN3 5SL, ages 0 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 16 March 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Cromwell Road Day Nursery and Pre-School - Day nursery, Hove BN3 3ER, ages 0 to 4, 65 places
    Ofsted, 23 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Montessori Place - Day nursery, Hove BN3 3ER, ages 1 to 1, 14 places
    Ofsted, 19 November 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Young Friends Kindergarten - Day nursery, Hove BN3 1JP, ages 0 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted, 25 April 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Young Sussex Nursery (Brighton) - Day nursery, Hove BN3 1TL, ages 0 to 4, 120 places
    Ofsted, 12 May 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Young Sussex Nursery (Hove) - Day nursery, Hove BN3 5QJ, ages 0 to 4, 95 places
    Ofsted, 28 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • art-K Hove - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 5QU
  • Art Of Dance - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 7LD
  • Hopscotch Holiday Club - Holland Road - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 1JY, 25 places
  • Hopscotch Holiday Club - School Road - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 5JA, 30 places
  • LingoClub BPS - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 7QA, 130 places
  • Pied Piper Hangleton - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 8LF, 60 places
  • Stagecoach Performing Arts Hove - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 7QD
  • Starfish Kids Club - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 2AD, 30 places
  • Starfish Kids Club @ Cottesmore - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 6NB, 32 places
  • Starfish Kids Holiday Club @ St Andrews Primary School - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 3YT, 48 places
  • Stay and Play - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 7QD, 45 places
  • The Outdoors Project Aldrington - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 7QD
  • The Outdoors Project Bilingual Primary School - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 7AW
  • The Outdoors Project Brighton & Hove - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 6NB
  • The Outdoors Project Brunswick Infants & Juniors - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 1RP
  • The Outdoors Project Goldstone - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 7JW
  • The Outdoors Project Hove Junior School (Holland Road) - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 1JY
  • The Outdoors Project Hove Junior School & West Hove Infants (Portland Road) - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 5JA
  • The Outdoors Project Lancing Prep Hove - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 6LU
  • The Outdoors Project St Andrews - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 3YT
  • The Skate Club - Goldstone - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 7JW
  • The Skate Club - Hangleton - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 8LF
  • The Skate Club - St Andrew's - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 3YT
  • The Skate Club - West Hove - Out-of-school club, Hove BN3 5JA

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Hove

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.