Outstanding
120 placesBN3 1TL01273 736948
South East
Childcare in Brighton and Hove
264 registered providers with 7,225 places, up 9.1% since December 2021.
97day nurseries
50childminders
65after-school clubs
137newly registered since 2021
46.6%rated Good or better
176closed since 2021
Childminders are disappearing here. Numbers are down 46.2% since December 2021, against a national fall of about 24%.
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Settings across the council
The sixty largest and best-rated. Childminders are not named, because Ofsted withholds them.
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98 placesBN1 6RD01273 566 673
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90 placesBN1 8TB07971953292
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81 placesBN2 8SJ01273 390900
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77 placesBN3 1PL01273 772 028
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70 placesBN3 1JP01273735100
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60 placesBN41 2PY01273 293980
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44 placesBN3 3RT01273 385577
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34 placesBN3 5SL01273 412 100
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30 placesBN3 7QD01273 500 513
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24 placesBN1 6QG07789227646
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14 placesBN3 3ER01273773764
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147 placesBN3 4JD01273 358589
Good
122 placesBN3 3ER01273 090685
Good
95 placesBN3 5QJ01273 777001
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92 placesBN3 5JA01273 277 001
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86 placesBN1 8NA01273 551515
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86 placesBN2 5FL01273 294 780
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84 placesBN3 4FL01273 090688
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74 placesBN3 4JD01273 090684
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73 placesBN3 6QA01273 500151
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72 placesBN3 6GD01273 323199
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67 placesBN2 1ES01273664583
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65 placesBN3 3ER01273 779 034
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64 placesBN2 0GL01273 622 883
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63 placesBN2 4DA01273707581
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62 placesBN3 8LD01273911876
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60 placesBN1 6HE01273 551333
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59 placesBN1 6RA01273 542888
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59 placesBN3 3WF01273 220323
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55 placesBN2 6DA01273 680541
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52 placesBN1 6DJ01273500257
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51 placesBN41 1XR01273 416164
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50 placesBN1 7DY01273 296052
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50 placesBN2 9SJ01273087060
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48 placesBN1 6WF01273 553083
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47 placesBN2 1HQ01273 033833
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46 placesBN3 7HY01273 267558
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46 placesBN2 9SQ01273 694447
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45 placesBN1 6NF01273 243182
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45 placesBN3 3WB01273 271969
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44 placesBN3 4FL01273 245377
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40 placesBN2 6RH01273 309 352
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40 placesBN2 4ED07542094192
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40 placesBN41 2WN01273 077 114
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40 placesBN1 6EE01273 561100
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40 placesBN1 7HS01273551847
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40 placesBN3 7FG01273 933631
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36 placesBN2 4FH01273 933754
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36 placesBN41 2WF07939 364356
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35 placesBN2 1BX01273 917836
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34 placesBN41 1XS07472 435683
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33 placesBN1 5LH01273 380067
No longer open
Settings that have closed
Worked out by comparing consecutive Ofsted releases; the closure falls in the six months before the date shown.
| Setting | Town | Places it had | Last rating | Gone by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LingoClub Holiday Clubs | Hove | 80 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| C.A.T.S CLUB at St Margaret's | Brighton | 20 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| The Skate Club - Patcham | Brighton | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Silverbox After School Club - St Paul's School | Brighton | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Magnolia Tree Day Nursery | Hove | 80 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Brighton | Brighton | 76 | Needs improvement | Dec 2025 |
| Blueberry Nursery School | Hove | 64 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| SUSSEX KIDS HUB | Brighton | 48 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| House on The Dials Day Nursery | Brighton | 45 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| PLAY at St Mary's | Brighton | 40 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| St Joseph's Pre-School Playgroup | Brighton | 20 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Just Like Home Childcare | Hove | 14 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Toybox Pre School at Brighton Women's Centre | Brighton | 10 | Outstanding | Dec 2025 |
| LingoClub | Hove | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Pumpkin Patch Nursery | Brighton | 90 | Outstanding | Jun 2025 |
| Pumpkin Patch in the Park | Hove | 60 | Outstanding | Jun 2025 |
| Pioneer Childcare - West Hove Infant School, School Road | Hove | 60 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Mini Adventurers Preschool | Brighton | 50 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Pumpkin Patch | Hove | 50 | Outstanding | Jun 2025 |
| WRAP Nursery | Brighton | 45 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Mini Adventurers Preschool | Hove | 30 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Amigos Multicultural Preschool | Hove | 23 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| B.A. Academy - Stanford Infants | Brighton | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Club Amigos | Hove | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Bright Start Nursery | Brighton | 55 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Pioneer Childcare - Brackenbury | Portslade | 44 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Whitehawk After School Project (WASP) | Brighton | 35 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Little Forest Nursery | Hove | 25 | Outstanding | Dec 2024 |
| Jeanne Saunders Centre | Hove | 18 | Outstanding | Dec 2024 |
| Starlings Nursery | Brighton | 18 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Bevendean Sports Hub | Brighton | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| BonjourKidz Nature | Stanmer Park | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| VIM Camps | Brighton | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Art Of Dance | Hove | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| My First Word...Grows Up Portslade | Portslade | 43 | Inadequate | Jun 2024 |
| Junior Adventures Group @ Woodingdean BN2 | Brighton | 30 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| Pavilion Pre-School | Brighton | 24 | Good | Jun 2024 |
| The Learning Room | Brighton | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| The Garden Nursery and Preschool | Hove | 96 | Inadequate | Dec 2023 |
| The White House Nursery and Preschool | Brighton | 95 | Inadequate | Dec 2023 |
| Extratime @ Hill Park | Brighton | 24 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Just Like Home Childcare | Hove | 24 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| Extratime Connaught Road | Hove | 10 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Extratime@Woodys | Brighton | 10 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Extratime@ Woody | Brighton | 6 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| art-K Hove | Hove | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Extratime Portslade Youth Scheme | Brighton | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Extratime Woody's Youth Scheme | Brighton | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Pied Piper Lancing Prep | Hove | 134 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Pied Piper Brighton College | Brighton | 112 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Pied Piper Westdene Primary School | Brighton | 102 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| The Wishing Tree Children's Nursery | Brighton | 86 | Good | Jun 2023 |
| Citysaurus Nursery | Brighton | 65 | Inadequate | Jun 2023 |
| Footsteps Day Nursery | Brighton | 61 | Inadequate | Jun 2023 |
| Pied Piper Windlesham School | Brighton | 55 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Bonjour Kidz | Brighton | 34 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Energy Kidz Out Of School Club - Mile Oak Bn41 | Brighton | 30 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Pepperpot Pre-School | Brighton | 24 | Good | Jun 2023 |
| LingoClub After-School Care | Hove | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Deepdene | Hove | 86 | Good | Dec 2022 |