Leaps and Bounds Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Eastbourne for babies from 4 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £62.00 a day for age 2, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2025. Open since 2014, with 63 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 2birth to 2y | £65.00Per Day | £36.50Morning/Afternoon | £9.50s | |
| Age 22y to 3y | £62.00Per Day | £35.50Morning/Afternoon | £9.00s | |
| Age 3+3y to 5y | £60.00Per Day | £34.00Morning/Afternoon | £8.00s |
Funded hours
15 hours for 3-4 year olds, 30 hours from 9 months, some 2-year-olds may be entitled to 15 hours.
Worth knowing. Funding is for 38 weeks (term time only). No extra charges for consumables or lunches. Can stretch funding to year-round: 30 hours becomes 22.8 hours/week, 15 hours becomes 11.4 hours/week.
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
BN21 3TBWhat 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, 18 March 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children demonstrate a real sense of belonging in this nursery and they display high levels of engagement in their learning. Staff are kind and considerate. They offer children hugs and reassurance. Staff guide older children as they play and learn. Babies reach out to staff who cuddle them and care for them very well. Staff gather important details from parents about children's routines and preferences.
They use this information to plan learning experiences and help children transition between activities effectively.
Staff prioritise children's individual needs and ensure that the carefully considered key-person approach is embedded throughout the nursery. As a result, all children form strong bonds with the adults who care for them. This helps children to feel safe and secure and sets a firm foundation for future learning. Children who are at risk of falling behind, such as disadvantaged groups or children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress in their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop staff's understanding of how to improve their explanations of activities to extend children's learning further n provide greater opportunities for quieter children to play an active part in group activities, to share their ideas and increase their confidence.
- 18 March 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 10 July 2019Good
- 20 June 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Leaps and Bounds Day Nursery
- 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 £62.00 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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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