Full-day nursery in Hove, Brighton and Hove
Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School
22 Connaught Road, Brighton, BN3 3WB · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
22 Connaught Road, Brighton, BN3 3WB · More nurseries in BN3
Stations
- Hove13 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Aldrington14 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Hove Street, George Street South and Blatchington Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Museum Gardens4 min walk
- Hove Beach Park7 min walk
- Hove Lawns10 min walk
- Stoneham Park12 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Brighton and Hove there are about 2.2 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School is a full-day nursery at 22 Connaught Road, Brighton, BN3 3WB, in Hove, Brighton and Hove. It is registered for 45 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.9 from 37 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Childcare 360 Limited.
Run by Childcare 360 Limited (company), which runs 5 nurseries.
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| Apple Tree Montessori Nursery SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.2 miles
- St Christopher's School ages 4–13 0.3 miles
- The Montessori Place ages 1–18has a nursery class 0.7 miles
- Hove Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 0.7 miles
- West Hove Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected November 2024 0.7 miles
- Brunswick Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 0.8 miles
- Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.9 miles
- Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 1.0 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School Good at its inspection on 28 April 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School take?
Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School is registered with Ofsted for up to 45 children at any one time.
Who runs Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School?
Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School is run by Childcare 360 Limited, which runs 5 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School?
Hove is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School?
You can call 01273 271969 and visit appletreenurseryschools.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2635566 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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