Full-day nursery in Hollington Park, East Sussex
Little Explorers Nursery
30 Fern Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0UH · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
30 Fern Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0UH · More nurseries in TN38
Stations
- West St Leonards17 min walk · 0.7 miles
- St Leonards Warrior Square23 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Gillsman's Hill, Fernside Avenue East and Springside Walk.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground10 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 East Sussex there are about 3.2 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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Little Explorers Nursery is a full-day nursery at 30 Fern Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0UH, in Hollington Park, East Sussex. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.4 from 5 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Explorers NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Robsack Wood NurseryFull-day nursery | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.8 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Mulberry West St Leonards Primary Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- St Leonards Church of England Primary Academy Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.6 miles
- Christ Church CofE Primary and Nursery Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.7 miles
- Robsack Wood Primary School Primaryages 0–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2022 0.8 miles
- Mulberry Silverdale Primary Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.9 miles
- Churchwood Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.9 miles
- New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust) ages 5–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.9 miles
- St Paul's Church of England Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected June 2024 1.0 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Little Explorers Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Explorers Nursery Good at its inspection on 13 July 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Explorers Nursery take?
Little Explorers Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Explorers Nursery?
West St Leonards is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Explorers Nursery?
You can call 01424 461449 and visit www.little-explorers.org.
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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 2597019 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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