Full-day nursery in Ratton Village, East Sussex
Rainbow Nursery
Kings Drive, Eastbourne, BN21 2UD · 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 August 1997Reference 109364Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 14 February 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places62 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 27 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
Kings Drive, Eastbourne, BN21 2UD · More nurseries in BN21
Stations
- Hampden Park (Sussex)18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including District General Hospital Grounds, District General Hospital and Sussex Downs College.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hampden Park9 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Hampden Park Play Area playground11 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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Rainbow Nursery is a full-day nursery at Kings Drive, Eastbourne, BN21 2UD, in Ratton Village, East Sussex. It is registered for 62 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
Run by East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (charity), which runs 2 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Summerdown School ages 3–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.4 miles
- The Cavendish School All-throughages 2–16has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- Ocklynge Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.7 miles
- St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2022 0.7 miles
- Motcombe Infants' School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.8 miles
- Stafford Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2024 0.8 miles
- Parkland Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.8 miles
- Parkland Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 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 Rainbow Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Rainbow Nursery Good at its inspection on 14 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Rainbow Nursery take?
Rainbow Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 62 children at any one time.
Who runs Rainbow Nursery?
Rainbow Nursery is run by East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Rainbow Nursery?
Hampden Park (Sussex) is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 109364 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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