Full-day nursery in Patcham, Brighton and Hove
The Nursery School Brighton
149 Ladies Mile Road, Brighton, BN1 8TB · 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
149 Ladies Mile Road, Brighton, BN1 8TB · More nurseries in BN1
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Ladies' Mile Road, Bowling Green and High School.
Parks and playgrounds
- Eastwick Bottom5 min walk
- Horsdean Park8 min walk
- Patcham Peace Gardens12 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Vale Avenue Playground7 min walk
- 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 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.
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The Nursery School Brighton is a full-day nursery at 149 Ladies Mile Road, Brighton, BN1 8TB, in Patcham, Brighton and Hove. It is registered for 90 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (October 2026). It is run by The Nursery School Company Limited.
Run by The Nursery School Company Limited (school), which runs 4 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
- Patcham Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.1 miles
- Patcham Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.3 miles
- Carden Nursery and Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.5 miles
- Westdene Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected October 2024 1.0 miles
- Balfour Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected December 2023 1.1 miles
- Coldean Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2022 1.2 miles
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.3 miles
- Central Hub Brighton ages 5–16Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 1.4 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 The Nursery School Brighton's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Nursery School Brighton Outstanding at its inspection on 18 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Nursery School Brighton take?
The Nursery School Brighton is registered with Ofsted for up to 90 children at any one time.
Who runs The Nursery School Brighton?
The Nursery School Brighton is run by The Nursery School Company Limited, which runs 4 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to The Nursery School Brighton?
Preston Park is the nearest station we know of, 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact The Nursery School Brighton?
You can call 01273 751390 and visit thenurseryschoolcompany.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2789554 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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