The Nest
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Brighton for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £7.74 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2021, though that is 5 years ago now. Open since 2017, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £36.00add to your chosen funded plan £40.00add to your chosen funded plan £45.00add to your chosen funded plan £76.00add to your chosen funded plan £86.00add to your chosen funded plan | £7.74rates from £8.00part-funded day £13.00part-funded day |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £30.00 registration fee
- £200.00 Depositrefundable
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £9.00 to £18.00 a week enrichment and meal fees15-hour entitlement
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours, plus 2-year-old funding, from 9 months old.
Worth knowing. Enrichment and meal fees are £9 per week for a 15-hour entitlement and £18 per week for a 30-hour entitlement. Additional hours over and above free entitlement range from £8 to £13 per hour. Funded hours that fall on a bank holiday can not be replaced.
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 9SJWhat 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.
- 15 December 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 16 June 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and excited to learn. Children have developed secure attachments with their key person and other staff, helping them to settle quickly.
They make their way into the well-organised environment and confidently access the resources they wish to explore. Children happily share information with others about their families and the things they like most at the setting. Younger children engage in non-verbal exchanges with adults. For example, they show adults the resources they are exploring and wait for a response before moving on.
Children enjoy looking at books and confidently share their favourite books with other children and adults. They remember and retell parts from their favourite stories. Children create ice creams and cupcakes using play dough. Those who are less confident take their time to explore the activity and then proudly share the cupcakes they have made with others. Children behave well most of the time. They can, at times, lose interest in activities and need support to focus their attention.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- further develop staff's expectations of children's behaviour to ensure behaviour management is embedded fairly and consistently across the provision n review and improve the deployment of staff to ensure their skills and experience fully support the implementation of the curriculum.
- 16 June 2021Good
- 11 June 2019Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Nest
- 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 £7.74 an hour 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.