Full-day nursery in Aldrington, Brighton and Hove
Hopscotch Nursery
209 Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- 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
209 Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA · More nurseries in BN3
Stations
- Aldrington8 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Portslade17 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Hove21 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including School Road, Scott Road and Coleman Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Davis Park3 min walk
- Stoneham Park4 min walk
- Museum Gardens11 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Wish Park playground8 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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Hopscotch Nursery is a full-day nursery at 209 Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA, in Aldrington, Brighton and Hove. It is registered for 92 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 36 reviews (October 2026). It is run by ACPH Limited.
Run by ACPH Limited (company), which runs 7 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopscotch NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Bright Horizons Wish Park, Hove, Day Nursery and PreschoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.3 miles |
| Hove Village Day NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.3 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Hove Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 under 0.1 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 under 0.1 miles
- St Christopher's School ages 4–13 0.4 miles
- Goldstone Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.5 miles
- St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.7 miles
- Aldrington CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.8 miles
- Benfield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2019 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 Hopscotch Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Hopscotch Nursery Good at its inspection on 2 September 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Hopscotch Nursery take?
Hopscotch Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 92 children at any one time.
Who runs Hopscotch Nursery?
Hopscotch Nursery is run by ACPH Limited, which runs 7 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Hopscotch Nursery?
Aldrington is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Hopscotch Nursery?
You can call 01273 277001 and visit www.hopscotch.uk.com.
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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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY455746 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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