Little Lambs Kindergarten
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Hove for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £76.00 a day for under five, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2015, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
50 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under fivebirth to 5y | £76.007.30am - 6.00pm | £8.507.30am - 9.00am, 1.5 hrs £25.509.00am - 12.00pm, 12.00pm-3.00pm, 3.00pm - 6.00pm, 3 hrs | £8.50H | |
| Ages 5 to 115y to 5y | £55.007.30am - 6.00pm | £8.007.30am - 9.00am, 1.5 hrs £18.00Holiday club (3hr) or 3.00pm - 6.00pm, 3 hrs | £8.00 |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.50 Optional Teatime Meal
- £3.70 Optional Hot Lunch Meal
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Working Families Funding – up to 30 hours; Universal Funding for three- and four-year-olds – 15 hours; Early Learning for two-year-olds – 15 hours.
Worth knowing. We do not charge a compulsory supplementary fee for funded places. Optional meals are charged separately: hot lunch is £3.70 and teatime meal is £2.50. Families may provide suitable alternatives instead. Any childcare booked in addition to funded hours is charged at our published rates.
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
BN3 7FGWhat 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.
- 27 November 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 24 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children's curiosity and love of nature and learning are nurtured in this exciting environment. Children happily arrive and are warmly greeted by the friendly staff.
They learn about the world around them and make assessments about risk and safety together. For example, younger children dress the 'weather bear' outdoors while reflecting on the suitability of their own clothing. Older children sing the
'weather song' and assess correctly that it is safe to climb trees today.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - organise the routine around mealtimes more effectively for younger children, to reduce waiting times and support children's learning consistently n build on support for staff to enhance the already good levels and quality of interaction and teaching with younger children to the highest level.
- 24 February 2023Good
- 28 June 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Lambs Kindergarten
- 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 £76.00 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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