Full-day nursery in Meads, East Sussex
Bede's Nursery
Downs House, Dukes Drive, Eastbourne, BN20 7XH · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
Downs House, Dukes Drive, Eastbourne, BN20 7XH · More nurseries in BN20
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Bede's School, Foot of Beachy Head and Holywell Gardens.
Parks and playgrounds
- All Saints Park5 min walk
- Playground2 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 East Sussex there are about 3.2 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.
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Bede's Nursery is a full-day nursery at Downs House, Dukes Drive, Eastbourne, BN20 7XH, in Meads, East Sussex. It is registered for 29 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by St Bedes School Trust Sussex.
Run by St Bedes School Trust Sussex (school), which runs 2 nurseries.
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| Bede's NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Bede's Prep School ages 0–13has a nursery class under 0.1 miles
- St Andrew's Prep ages 0–14has a nursery class 0.1 miles
- St John's Meads Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected March 2024 0.3 miles
- Gildredge House All-throughages 4–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.2 miles
- Bourne Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 1.8 miles
- Motcombe Infants' School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 1.8 miles
- The South Downs School ages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 1.8 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Bede's Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bede's Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 26 November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bede's Nursery take?
Bede's Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 29 children at any one time.
Who runs Bede's Nursery?
Bede's Nursery is run by St Bedes School Trust Sussex, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Bede's Nursery?
Eastbourne is the nearest station we know of, 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bede's Nursery?
You can call 01323 356987 and visit www.bedes.org.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY497919 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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