Full-day nursery in Hove, Brighton and Hove
Hillbury House Nursery
81 Denmark Villas, Hove, BN3 3TH · 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.
Latest report published 30 January 2024. Ofsted inspected again after the inspection shown above; we'll add the new results when we next update our records.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since April 1993Reference 130690Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 30 October 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places30 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 6 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
81 Denmark Villas, Hove, BN3 3TH · More nurseries in BN3
Stations
- Hove2 min walk · under 0.1 miles
- Aldrington16 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Hove Railway Station, Eaton Gardens and Livingstone Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hove Park8 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground12 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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Hillbury House Nursery is a full-day nursery at 81 Denmark Villas, Hove, BN3 3TH, in Hove, Brighton and Hove. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 9 reviews (November 2026).
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| Hillbury House NurseryThis 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 0.3 miles
- St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.3 miles
- Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.4 miles
- Brunswick Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove ages 3–13has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- St Christopher's School ages 4–13 0.7 miles
- Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.7 miles
- Windlesham School ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.8 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 Hillbury House Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Hillbury House Nursery Good at its inspection on 30 October 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Hillbury House Nursery take?
Hillbury House Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Hillbury House Nursery?
Hove is the nearest station we know of, under 0.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Hillbury House Nursery?
You can call 01273 730004 and visit www.hillburyhousenursery.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
- 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 130690 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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