Full-day nursery in Aldrington, Brighton and Hove
Home By The Sea
56 New Church Road, Hove, BN3 4FL · 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 October 2002Reference EY233920Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 25 June 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places44 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 16 October 2025Food 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
56 New Church Road, Hove, BN3 4FL · More nurseries in BN3
Stations
- Aldrington12 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Hove19 min walk · 0.8 miles
- Portslade23 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Richardson Road, Westbourne Villas North and Hove Museum.
Parks and playgrounds
- Museum Gardens6 min walk
- Hove Beach Park7 min walk
- Davis Park8 min walk
- Stoneham Park8 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Wish Park 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.
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Home By The Sea is a full-day nursery at 56 New Church Road, Hove, BN3 4FL, in Aldrington, Brighton and Hove. It is registered for 44 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
Compare nurseries nearby
| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home By The SeaThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Bright Horizons New Church Road, Hove Day Nursery and PreschoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | under 0.1 miles |
| ShoreshFull-day nursery | Report card 2026 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.2 miles |
| Young Sussex Nursery (Hove)Full-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.3 miles |
| Pumpkin Patch Nursery Church Road HoveFull-day nursery | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.3 miles |
| Hopscotch NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.3 miles |
| Apple Tree Montessori Nursery SchoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Christopher's School ages 4–13 0.1 miles
- Hove Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 0.4 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 0.4 miles
- St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.5 miles
- Goldstone Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.9 miles
- The Montessori Place ages 1–18has a nursery class 1.0 miles
- Aldrington CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.1 miles
- Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 1.1 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 Home By The Sea's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Home By The Sea Good at its inspection on 25 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Home By The Sea take?
Home By The Sea is registered with Ofsted for up to 44 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Home By The Sea?
Aldrington is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
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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
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY233920 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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