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Nurseries in Shoreham By Sea

There are 12 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Shoreham By Sea, and 7 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Shoreham By Sea

  • Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (4 Strong standard, 14 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 5 settings (1 Outstanding, 4 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Bright Horizons Old Shoreham Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Shoreham By Sea BN43 5NE, ages 0 to 4, 97 places
    Ofsted, 23 November 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Horizons Shoreham-by-sea Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Shoreham-By-Sea BN43 5UD, ages 0 to 4, 65 places
    Ofsted, 1 October 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Creative Minds Preschool - Shoreham - Pre-school, Shoreham-by-sea BN43 6PJ, ages 2 to 4, 27 places
    Ofsted report card, 13 March 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Happy Hours Preschool - Pre-school, Shoreham-By-Sea BN43 5WB, ages 2 to 4, 22 places
    Ofsted, 10 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Nestlings Nursery - Day nursery, Shoreham-By-Sea BN43 5UD, 51 places
  • SAM at St Nicolas and St Mary CE Primary School - Pre-school, Shoreham-by-sea BN43 6PE
  • Shoreham Day Nursery & Pre-School - Day nursery, Shoreham-By-Sea BN43 6GA, ages 0 to 4, 58 places
    Ofsted report card, 21 September 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Shoreham Preschool LTD - Pre-school, Shoreham by sea BN43 5WH, ages 2 to 4, 22 places
    Ofsted report card, 2 June 2026: Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 2 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Sunshine Day Nursery - Day nursery, Shoreham-By-Sea BN43 6DA, ages 0 to 4, 85 places
    Ofsted, 23 April 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sussex Academy Of Music - Day nursery, Shoreham By Sea BN43 6RE
  • The Nurture School - Pre-school, Shoreham-By-Sea BN43 5LG, 16 places
  • Young Sussex Nursery (Shoreham) - Day nursery, Shoreham-By-Sea BN43 6BA, ages 0 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted, 10 March 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • ActiveMe 360 CIC @ Buckingham Park Primary School - Out-of-school club, Shoreham-By-Sea BN43 5UD, 40 places
  • Adur Special Needs Project - Out-of-school club, Shoreham-By-Sea BN43 6TN, 17 places
  • Junior Adventures Group @ Swiss Gardens - Out-of-school club, Shoreham-By-Sea BN43 5WH, 30 places
  • The Childcare Club At Buckingham Park - Out-of-school club, Shoreham By Sea BN43 5UD, 45 places
  • The Outdoors Project West Sussex at St Nicolas and St Mary CE Primary School - Out-of-school club, Shoreham-by-sea BN43 6PE
  • VIM Clubs - Out-of-school club, Shoreham-by-sea BN43 5RH, 25 places
  • Whizz Kids Holiday Club - Out-of-school club, Shoreham-by-sea BN43 6YW, 50 places

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 Shoreham By Sea

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