Growing Up Green
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Brighton for children from birth to 5, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 February 2024. Open since 2010, with 59 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 6RAWhat 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.
- 23 December 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 2 September 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 20 December 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 14 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children eagerly arrive and receive a warm welcome from the staff in this vibrant and well-organised nursery. They are happy and settle quickly, keen to engage with a range of exciting play opportunities. Staff work hard to get to know the children well in order to establish what they need to teach. They use this information to provide a broad and balanced curriculum to continue to build on what children already know, remember, and can do.
Staff offer sensitive and nurturing care to babies, and ensure that they tailor the care and support to the individual needs of each child. They emphasise the importance of developing secure attachments so that babies feel safe and secure.
This contributes to very young children feeling confident to explore their playroom.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop staff's knowledge and skills so that they are confident in how they can consistently support children's emotional well-being n strengthen teaching practice for staff to precisely know the intent behind what children are to learn prior to implementing activities n review the support plans for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities so that they provide clarity about how staff are to implement strategies to reach their targets n strengthen safe recruitment procedures to have assurance that vetting checks are robustly followed up so that suitability evidence is consistently sufficient.
- 14 February 2024Good
- 16 May 2018Outstanding
- 29 July 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 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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