Sessional pre-school in Woodingdean, Brighton and Hove
Kipling Lions Pre-School
Rudyard Kipling Primary School, Chalkland Rise, BRIGHTON, BN2 6RH · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Rudyard Kipling Primary School, Chalkland Rise, BRIGHTON, BN2 6RH · More nurseries in BN2
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Rudyard Kipling School, Crescent Drive South and Foxdown Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Woodingdean Central Park5 min walk
- Happy Valley11 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 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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Kipling Lions Pre-School is a sessional pre-school at Rudyard Kipling Primary School, Chalkland Rise, BRIGHTON, BN2 6RH, in Woodingdean, Brighton and Hove. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 13 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kipling Lions Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2022 under 0.1 miles
- Woodingdean Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.7 miles
- Downs View Special School ages 3–19Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 0.7 miles
- Bevendean Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 1.7 miles
- St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 1.8 miles
- Our Lady of Lourdes RC School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 1.8 miles
- Longhill High School Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.9 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 Kipling Lions Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Kipling Lions Pre-School Good at its inspection on 28 April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Kipling Lions Pre-School take?
Kipling Lions Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
How do I contact Kipling Lions Pre-School?
You can call 01273 309352 and visit www.kiplinglions.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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 130748 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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