Full-day nursery in Hove, Brighton and Hove
Bright Horizons Hove Day Nursery and Preschool
46 Cromwell Road, Hove, BN3 3ER · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since September 2015Reference EY494565Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 22 August 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places122 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 19 January 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
46 Cromwell Road, Hove, BN3 3ER · More nurseries in BN3
Stations
- Hove11 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Brighton23 min walk · 0.9 miles
- Preston Park24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Wilbury Villas, Holland Road and Lyon Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- St Ann's Well Gardens6 min walk
- Dyke Road Park9 min walk
- Palmeira Square10 min walk
- Palmeira Square11 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground9 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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Bright Horizons Hove Day Nursery and Preschool is a full-day nursery at 46 Cromwell Road, Hove, BN3 3ER, in Hove, Brighton and Hove. It is registered for 122 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.8 from 18 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited.
Run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited (company), which runs 245 nurseries.
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| Bright Horizons Hove Day Nursery and PreschoolThis 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
- The Montessori Place ages 1–18has a nursery class under 0.1 miles
- Brunswick Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 0.3 miles
- Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.3 miles
- Windlesham School ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- Brighton Girls GDST ages 3–18has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.6 miles
- Stanford Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2022 0.6 miles
- Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove ages 3–13has a nursery class 0.6 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 Bright Horizons Hove Day Nursery and Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Horizons Hove Day Nursery and Preschool Good at its inspection on 22 August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Horizons Hove Day Nursery and Preschool take?
Bright Horizons Hove Day Nursery and Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 122 children at any one time.
Who runs Bright Horizons Hove Day Nursery and Preschool?
Bright Horizons Hove Day Nursery and Preschool is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited, which runs 245 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Bright Horizons Hove Day Nursery and Preschool?
Hove is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bright Horizons Hove Day Nursery and Preschool?
You can call 01273 052631 and visit www.brighthorizons.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY494565 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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