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36 nurseries in Hove

Every day nursery in Hove on the Ofsted register, best rated first, with what a place costs in South East after the free hours.

36 day nurseries
7 rated Outstanding
6 with a new report card (17%)
2,260 places in total
£152 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Best-rated nurseries in Hove

The top of our Hove ranking: Ofsted's outcome first, then the newest inspection.

Best-rated day nurseries in Hove
#NurseryOfsted outcomeInspectedPlaces
1Pumpkin Patch Nursery Wish Park Hove BN3 4LFStrong standard in all 629 January 202660
2Happy Learners Day Nursery BN3 6WLStrong standard in all 616 January 202643
3Dolphins Pre School BN3 7QDOutstanding18 June 202530
4Hopscotch Nursery BN3 1PLOutstanding27 March 202577
5The Montessori Place BN3 3EROutstanding19 November 202414

Day nurseries in Hove, best rated first

All 36 day nurseries in Hove
#NurseryOfsted outcomeInspectedPlaces
1Pumpkin Patch Nursery Wish Park Hove BN3 4LFStrong standard in all 629 January 202660
2Happy Learners Day Nursery BN3 6WLStrong standard in all 616 January 202643
3Dolphins Pre School BN3 7QDOutstanding18 June 202530
4Hopscotch Nursery BN3 1PLOutstanding27 March 202577
5The Montessori Place BN3 3EROutstanding19 November 202414
6Young Friends Kindergarten BN3 1JPOutstanding25 April 202470
7Teddy Bears Day Nursery BN3 5SLOutstanding16 March 202334
8Hopscotch Hove Station BN3 3RTOutstanding19 May 202244
9Young Sussex Nursery (Brighton) BN3 1TLOutstanding12 May 2022120
10Shoresh BN3 4ADStrong standard in 4 of 618 March 202632
11Blueberry Nursery School BN3 1QBExpected standard in 3 of 631 March 202664
12Apple Tree Day Nursery & Preschool BN3 4EDExpected standard in 3 of 626 February 2026110
13Magnolia Tree Day Nursery and Preschool BN3 3ERExpected standard in 4 of 626 November 202590
14Home By The Sea BN3 4FLGood25 June 202544
15Active Kids BN3 8LDGood11 April 202562
16Bright Horizons Wish Park, Hove, Day Nursery and Preschool BN3 4JDGood26 March 202574
17Each Peach Childcare BN3 6GDGood26 February 202572
18Hove Village Day Nursery BN3 4JDGood13 February 2025147
19Honeycroft BN3 3WFGood10 December 202459
20Hove Village Nursery at Hove Library BN3 2EGGood24 September 202441
21Fizzy Fish Pre School BN3 7NGGood20 March 202420
22Bright Horizons New Church Road, Hove Day Nursery and Preschool BN3 4FLGood8 November 202384
23Hillbury House Nursery BN3 3THGood30 October 202330
24Fizzy Fish BN3 7NRGood28 September 202324
25Bright Horizons Hove Day Nursery and Preschool BN3 3ERGood22 August 2023122
26The Cromwell Road Day Nursery and Pre-School BN3 3ERGood23 March 202365
27Busy Bees Day Nursery at Hove BN3 6QAGood14 March 202373
28Little Lambs Kindergarten BN3 7FGGood24 February 202340
29Butterfly Nursery BN3 7HYGood5 December 202246
30Shirley Street Day Nursery BN3 3WJGood14 October 202234
31Young Sussex Nursery (Hove) BN3 5QJGood28 April 202295
32Hopscotch Nursery BN3 5JAGood2 September 202192
33Little Forest Nursery BN3 1RPNot yet gradedNot yet38
34N Family Club Hove BN3 4EDNot yet gradedNot yet150
35Pumpkin Patch Nursery Church Road Hove BN3 4BDNot yet gradedNot yet60
36Sparks Hove BN3 6EGNot yet gradedNot yet

How the ranking works: our ranking policy. What the grades mean: Ofsted report cards explained.

Nurseries by postcode in Hove

Hove is in Brighton and Hove.

Nursery fees in Hove

What day nurseries in South East charge on average. Fees in Hove itself can sit above or below this.

Average weekly price in term time, South East, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age25 hours a week50 hours a week
Under 2£202no funded hours£161after 30 funded hours
2 years old£185no funded hours£152after 30 funded hours
3 to 4 years old£72after the free 15 hours£144after 30 funded hours

Regional average, not any one nursery's price. Source: Coram Childcare Survey 2026. Work out your own monthly cost.

30 hours free childcare in Hove

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in Hove as anywhere in England. Every day nursery listed here is registered with Ofsted, which is what a nursery needs to offer them.

Check which hours your child can get

WhoFree hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits15 hours

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.