Growing Up Green
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Brighton for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2005, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours of funding.
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
BN1 6HEWhat 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, 13 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children and their families are personally greeted by welcoming leaders and staff as they arrive to start their day. Children are quick to settle in and excitedly delve into the many activities on offer that have been thoughtfully organised by staff.
Children benefit from a well-sequenced, ambitious curriculum that staff skilfully implement. They provide stimulating and enriching activities that intertwine children's individual curiosities as well as their own tailored next steps in learning.
As a result, children are motivated to learn and sustain interest in activities where staff revisit and build on new knowledge they have learned. For example, during a small group activity, older children practise pronunciation of individual letter sounds. Staff support them to link these sounds to words, such as rainbow. Staff then provide thought-provoking prompts that spark conversations between children. They excitedly recall how the 'rain and sun clash in the clouds' to make a rainbow. This supports children to make connections and progress in their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review the organisation of some daily transitions, particularly mealtimes, to ensure that older children receive consistent support with behavioural expectations - support staff to consistently recognise how to further develop younger children's independence skills.
- 13 November 2024Good
- 27 June 2024Inadequate
- 18 April 2019Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Growing Up Green
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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