Full-day nursery in Hangleton, Brighton and Hove
Little Lambs Kindergarten
131a Stapley Road, HOVE, BN3 7FG · 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 January 2015Reference EY486013Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 24 February 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places40 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 6 August 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
131a Stapley Road, HOVE, BN3 7FG · More nurseries in BN3
Stations
- Portslade15 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Aldrington18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
19 bus stops within 400 m, including Maytree Walk, Old School Place and Churchill House.
Parks and playgrounds
- Benfield Valley6 min walk
- Patient garden7 min walk
- Greenleas9 min walk
- St Helen's Park10 min walk
- Knoll Park playground3 min walk
- Playground4 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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Little Lambs Kindergarten is a full-day nursery at 131a Stapley Road, HOVE, BN3 7FG, in Hangleton, Brighton and Hove. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 18 reviews (November 2026).
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| Little Lambs KindergartenThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Goldstone Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.2 miles
- Hangleton Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.4 miles
- Benfield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2019 0.6 miles
- Hove Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 0.6 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 0.6 miles
- Aldrington CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.8 miles
- West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery class 0.8 miles
- St Nicolas CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.8 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 Little Lambs Kindergarten's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Lambs Kindergarten Good at its inspection on 24 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Lambs Kindergarten take?
Little Lambs Kindergarten is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Lambs Kindergarten?
Portslade is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Lambs Kindergarten?
You can call 01273 933631 and visit littlelambskindergarten.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
- 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY486013 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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