Early Explorers Pre School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Brighton for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £42.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2023. Open since 2015, with 36 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £42.00for a whole day | £18.00afternoon, 3 hrs £24.00morning, 4 hrs | £6.00additional hours may also be purchased |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.00 early start
Funded hours
15 hours of Early Years Free Entitlement (EYFE) for 38 weeks of the year for three and four year olds; up to 30 funded hours a week for eligible working parents; 15 hours for eligible two year olds.
Worth knowing. There are no restrictions on session availability and no additional charges will be added.
What childcare usually costs in Brighton and Hove
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Brighton and Hove from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
BN41 2WFWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 6 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The manager and staff provide a wealth of engaging learning experiences in this happy, inspiring and well-organised pre-school. Activities are based on children's current interests and carefully planned to support each child to learn and develop well. Children benefit greatly from the focus on outdoor learning. For example, they know the routine and independently put on boots and overalls before going to the on-site forest school area. Children are excited to look for bugs and butterflies in the flower meadow. They learn new vocabulary as staff name the creatures.
Children describe how woodlice feel 'tickly', and they count how many snails they find. They smell mint leaves, picked from the growing area, to add to their
'potions'. Children are motivated to learn about nature and how to care for the world around them.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve the monitoring of practice to ensure staff fully understand how to develop children's learning, particularly when children are exploring their own ideas and choice of play.
- 6 July 2023Good
- 3 January 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Early Explorers Pre School
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £42.00 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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