Kipling Lions Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Brighton for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £7.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2022. Open since 1993, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
48 weeks a year, price list dated September 2026.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £7.008am-9am, 12pm-1pm, 3pm-4pm, 1 hrs £14.003pm-5pm, 2 hrs £21.0012pm-3pm or 9am-12pm, 3 hrs £42.009am-3pm, 6 hrs | £7.50one off |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £40.00 Depositpayable when submitting your child’s application form, refundable
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.00 a day Voluntary charge for consumables
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours term time or 12 hours all year; 30 hours term time or 24 hours all year.
Worth knowing. Funded hours can be 9am-12pm, 12pm-3pm or 9am-3pm (maximum 6 hours per day). Voluntary consumables charge of £2.00 per day.
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
BN2 6RHWhat 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 April 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children play in a safe, secure and well-organised learning environment. They show high levels of curiosity and have exceptionally positive attitudes to learning.
Children are eager to find out about the natural world around them. For instance, they participate with great enthusiasm in hunting for insects under tree stump seats in the outdoor area. They become very excited and confidently talk about key features they notice about the insects. Children listen to one another superbly and receive good levels of support to help extend their learning even further. This includes children hearing new words like 'habitat'. This helps them to make connections in their learning that are linked to their play experiences.
Children behave exceptionally well. On the very rare occasion where a difficulty arises, they receive support that empowers them to recover swiftly. This gives them the skills to be able to work together, take turns and share in their future learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's knowledge around effective teaching skills so that any questions posed to children offer a real purpose that contributes towards supporting their ongoing learning n ensure parents are kept up to date and are communicated with, so they are fully aware of what key persons are focusing on to support their children's learning and development.
- 28 April 2022Good
- 8 December 2016Outstanding
- 27 June 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kipling Lions Pre-School
- 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 £7.00 a session 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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