Fizzy Fish
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Hove for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £65.80 a day for under 3's, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2023. Open since 2015, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, minimum 2 days a week.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 3'sbirth to 3y | £65.80All Year £69.30Term Time only £89.00All Year £94.00Term Time only | £44.50All Year £47.00Term Time only | |
| Over 3's3y to 5y | £65.80All Year £69.30Term Time only £79.00All Year £84.00Term Time only | £39.50All Year £42.00Term Time only |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £100.00 Depositwhen a place is booked more than 6 months in advance of the start date, not refundable
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £8.00 to £16.00 a half day Consumable chargeper half day or school day
Discounts
- 5% Sibling discountoldest sibling, applied after the younger sibling's first full month
Funded hours
9 months, 2 year olds and 3 & 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. All funded hours are free of charge but flexible session times do incur additional costs. Standalone hours only available on a Term Time only contract. Consumable charge of £8 per half day or school day, or £16 per full day for flexible funded sessions.
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
BN3 7NRWhat 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, 28 September 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff create a calm, relaxing and safe space for babies and young children to play and rest. Children quickly develop strong attachments with the cheerful and nurturing staff. They happily engage with staff, confidently turning to them for reassurance, comfort and support when needed. Staff consistently follow parents'
routines from home to help reassure babies and young children.
Staff are good role models for children's behaviour. Children learn to be polite and tolerant of one another. For instance, young children patiently wait their turn to select their food at snack time. Children happily play alongside each other and explore the environment. They begin to negotiate their needs with one another, such as taking turns to use the toy screwdriver when they play with construction toys. They begin to develop meaningful relationships and friendships with others.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - establish a better understanding of the vision for children's learning, to support staff to embed this into teaching practice n deepen staff understanding of the curriculum to ensure children's learning is sequenced more precisely to challenge and extend their skills and knowledge even further.
- 28 September 2023Good
- 9 January 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Fizzy Fish
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £65.80 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.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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.
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