Full-day nursery in Eastbourne, East Sussex
Saffrons Park Nursery
Saffrons Park Nursery, Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, BN21 1EA · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- 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 March 2019Reference 2517516Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 19 August 2021Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places110 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 16 February 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Saffrons Park Nursery, Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, BN21 1EA · More nurseries in BN21
Stations
- Eastbourne7 min walk · 0.3 miles
Buses
16 bus stops within 400 m, including Catholic Church, Town Hall and Saffrons Sports Club.
Parks and playgrounds
- Gildredge Park6 min walk
- Upperton Gardens7 min walk
- Hartfield Square10 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Hartfield Square Play Area playground10 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.
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Saffrons Park Nursery is a full-day nursery at Saffrons Park Nursery, Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, BN21 1EA, in Eastbourne, East Sussex. It is registered for 110 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Gildredge House All-throughages 4–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.4 miles
- Bourne Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 0.8 miles
- St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2022 0.8 miles
- St Andrew's Prep ages 0–14has a nursery class 1.0 miles
- Motcombe Infants' School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 1.0 miles
- Bede's Prep School ages 0–13has a nursery class 1.1 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 1.1 miles
- Stafford Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2024 1.2 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 Saffrons Park Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Saffrons Park Nursery Good at its inspection on 19 August 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Saffrons Park Nursery take?
Saffrons Park Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 110 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Saffrons Park Nursery?
Eastbourne is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 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 2517516 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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