Full-day nursery in Preston, Brighton and Hove
Hopscotch Nursery
9 Nizells Avenue, Hove, BN3 1PL · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since December 2012Reference EY455753Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 27 March 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places77 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 30 April 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
9 Nizells Avenue, Hove, BN3 1PL · More nurseries in BN3
Stations
- Brighton15 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Hove19 min walk · 0.8 miles
- London Road (Brighton)22 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Montefiore Road South, Osmond Road and Top of Furze Hill.
Parks and playgrounds
- St Ann's Well Gardens2 min walk
- Powis Square8 min walk
- Dyke Road Park9 min walk
- Norfolk Square10 min walk
- Brunswick Square11 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 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 9 Nizells Avenue, Hove, BN3 1PL, in Preston, Brighton and Hove. It is registered for 77 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 69 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 | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Magnolia Tree Day Nursery and PreschoolFull-day nursery | Report card 2025 | 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
- Brunswick Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 0.2 miles
- Brighton Girls GDST ages 3–18has a nursery class 0.2 miles
- The Montessori Place ages 1–18has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- Windlesham School ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 0.5 miles
- Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.5 miles
- Stanford Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2022 0.5 miles
- St Paul's CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 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 Hopscotch Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Hopscotch Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 27 March 2025, 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 77 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?
Brighton is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Hopscotch Nursery?
You can call 01273 772028 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
- 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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY455753 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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