Hui, Mrs Kimberley Maureen
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Newhaven for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2017, with 33 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours for 3 & 4-year-olds; 30 hours for working parents from 9 months old; Early Learning for 2-year-olds (15 hours a week for 38 weeks a year).
Worth knowing. Government-funded hours are free. Funding does not cover extra hours or optional extras such as meals and consumables. Ask about the options for declining extras and supplying your own where applicable. Funding is usually offered over 38 weeks. Ask whether Kimmy's can spread your entitlement over more weeks with fewer hours each week, and which sessions are available.
What childcare usually costs in East Sussex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in East Sussex 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
BN9 9LHWhat 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 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children and their families are individually greeted as they arrive. Children show excitement as they confidently share things of personal significance with familiar staff. This builds their positive sense of belonging. Staff thoughtfully organise the environment that is ambitious and exciting for all children. They plan and provide a range of stimulating activities and play experiences that supports children's individual learning and intertwines their interests. As such, children are quick to become immersed in their explorations and show motivation to join in and learn.
This supports all children to make good progress in their learning.
Staff are positive role models to children. They have high, but appropriate expectations of children's behaviour. They provide gentle reminders and apply a consistent approach to support children as they learn to understand their growing emotions. This contributes to children's good behaviour. Children who find it difficult to understand their own feelings are well supported by attentive staff. This supports all children's growing understanding of behavioural expectations as they learn right from wrong.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to develop their teaching skills even further so that they consistently give children time to think and respond to questions n review the organisation of group times to ensure that staff fully engage children to help them remain focused on their learning.
- 28 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 14 November 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hui, Mrs Kimberley Maureen
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.