Full-day nursery in Upperton, East Sussex
St Thomas-a-Becket Nursery
3 Tutts Barn Lane, Eastbourne, BN22 8XT · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
3 Tutts Barn Lane, Eastbourne, BN22 8XT · More nurseries in BN22
Stations
- Eastbourne17 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including St Thomas A Becket School, Arundel Road and Highland Lodge.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hartfield Square10 min walk
- Hartfield Square Play Area playground11 min walk
- 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.
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St Thomas-a-Becket Nursery is a full-day nursery at 3 Tutts Barn Lane, Eastbourne, BN22 8XT, in Upperton, East Sussex. It is registered for 50 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.5 from 6 reviews (November 2026).
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2022 under 0.1 miles
- Stafford Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2024 0.4 miles
- Roselands Infants' School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.7 miles
- Bourne Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 0.7 miles
- Motcombe Infants' School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.8 miles
- Gildredge House All-throughages 4–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.8 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 0.8 miles
- Summerdown School ages 3–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.9 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 St Thomas-a-Becket Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Thomas-a-Becket Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 4 September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St Thomas-a-Becket Nursery take?
St Thomas-a-Becket Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 50 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to St Thomas-a-Becket Nursery?
Eastbourne is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact St Thomas-a-Becket Nursery?
You can call 01323 725977 and visit www.stthomasabecketnursery.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
- 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 507912 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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