Full-day nursery in Woodingdean, Brighton and Hove
Oak Cottage Nursery
Oak Cottage, Warren Road, BRIGHTON, BN2 6DA · 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 February 2009Reference EY385269Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 5 March 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places55 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 27 November 2025Food 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
Oak Cottage, Warren Road, BRIGHTON, BN2 6DA · More nurseries in BN2
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Woodingdean Community Centre, Nuffield Hospital and Downs Hotel.
Parks and playgrounds
- Happy Valley11 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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Oak Cottage Nursery is a full-day nursery at Oak Cottage, Warren Road, BRIGHTON, BN2 6DA, in Woodingdean, Brighton and Hove. It is registered for 55 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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| Oak Cottage NurseryThis 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
- Downs View Special School ages 3–19Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Woodingdean Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2022 0.8 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 0.9 miles
- City Academy Whitehawk Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 1.3 miles
- Coombe Road Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 1.6 miles
- Moulsecoomb Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.7 miles
- St Mark's CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 1.7 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 Oak Cottage Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Oak Cottage Nursery Good at its inspection on 5 March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Oak Cottage Nursery take?
Oak Cottage Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 55 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Oak Cottage Nursery?
Moulsecoomb is the nearest station we know of, 1.9 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Oak Cottage Nursery?
You can call 01273 680541 and visit www.oakcottagenursery.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
- 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY385269 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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