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Bear's House Nursery in Brighton

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2025)
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5.0(6 Google reviews) ·19 Grantham Road, BRIGHTON, BN1 6EE · Brighton and Hove
Number of places
40 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2025
Local authority
Brighton and Hove

About this day nursery

Bear's House Nursery, established in 2004, provides a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 3 months to 5 years, with a Holiday Club extending to 8 years. The day nursery operates across three locations in Hastings, St Leonards-on-Sea, and Brighton.

Emphasising outdoor learning, each nursery boasts engaging gardens for activities from balance biking to cultivating vegetables, and even features Forest School sessions. Healthy eating is a priority, with dedicated chefs preparing nutritious meals on a three-week seasonal rotation, adhering to Children’s Food Trust guidelines and achieving a 5-star Food Standards Agency rating.

Mealtimes are viewed as key occasions for fostering independence and developmental skills. The day nursery also offers a diverse range of activities, including trips to local attractions, sports days, and Christmas celebrations, encouraging parental involvement.

The nursery's experienced and qualified staff hold Paediatric First Aid certificates, with some pursuing Early Years Studies degrees, ensuring a commitment to high standards of care and education.

Our ethos

Bear's House Nursery emphasises outdoor learning, incorporating activities like balance biking, vegetable gardening, and Forest School sessions. They also prioritise healthy eating, viewing mealtimes as opportunities for developing independence and skills. The nursery aims to foster parental involvement and maintains high standards of care and education through experienced staff.

What it's like

Children are happy, content and confident at this nurturing and inclusive nursery. They receive a warm welcome from friendly staff. Staff plan an ambitious and broad curriculum that supports children's interests.

Outdoor LearningHealthy EatingForest School ActivitiesExperienced StaffFocus on Independence

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Food

Meals and snacks provided, prepared by dedicated chefs, following a three-week seasonal menu. Fresh, filtered drinking water, milk and water at mealtimes. Accommodates dietary and cultural requirements.

Opening hours

7:30 am to 6:00 pm, Monday to Friday, 51 weeks a year, closing only for Christmas break.

Age range

3 months to 5 years (Holiday Club up to 8 years)

Session types

Full day, Term time only (limited availability)

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Bear's House Nursery

Last inspected 29 July 2025

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children are happy, content and confident at this nurturing and inclusive nursery. They receive a warm welcome from friendly staff. Staff plan an ambitious and broad curriculum that supports children's interests.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders have worked hard to make improvements to strengthen safeguarding procedures.
  • Leaders are reflective and committed to maintaining high-quality provision, supporting staff with induction and training.
  • Children benefit from a broad and well-planned curriculum, with staff conducting regular observations and assessments.
  • Staff provide many activities to promote children's physical skills and healthy lifestyles.
  • There is strong support for children with SEND, with passionate staff working closely with parents and professionals.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to recognise when to give children more time to process information, to develop their communication and language skills even further
  • 2build on staff's knowledge of behaviour management strategies, to help children fully understand the expectations of their behaviour.
Inspection #10393582 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents are full of praise for the friendly staff team and comment on the good progress their children make, particularly in their self-confidence and communication skills.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

This helps to support all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to make the best possible progress. There is strong support for children with SEND. Passionate staff work very closely with parents and other professionals to put targeted plans in place. For instance, they use basic sign language and visual prompts to build on children's confidence to communicate. Leaders use additional funding wisely, which is tailored to children's individual needs. This helps children with SEND make good progress from their starting points.

Outdoor space

Older children use their imaginations as they create concoctions in the mud kitchen, mixing together mud, water and fruits.

Google Reviews of Bear's House Nursery

5.0
(6 Google reviews)
Lucia Ford-Ferrari
7 months ago

A lovely place with truly caring people. My daughter loves going there and I can see she is looked after. I feel very lucky To have found them.

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Maria Kotopoulea-Nikolaidi
3 years ago

Five stars are not enough for this nursery! We are so happy with this setting, the manager is outstanding and the staff amazing. They pay attention to detail for each child and their needs. They also have an amazing garden, very well equipped and up-to-date indoors toys and equipment. My son is so happy there. I couldn't recommend it enough

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Louise
9 years ago

I have three children who all attended Joyland and / or Strawberry Hill Nursery. (We had to swap about a bit as our circumstances changed.) The care and education they received was fantastic. In particular we liked the attention to detail in the environments, with interesting and varied activities set up (both indoors and outdoors) every day. We also had complete confidence in Lisa and her staff team. Lisa is a very experienced and very effective early years practitioner and manager. The needs of the children in her care are at the forefront of everything she does. We feel that our children were privileged to have had such a high quality, and happy, early years experience. Thank-you!

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Vicki Sharp
9 years ago

My girl loved her time at strawberry hill and joyland, all staff were amazing and Lisa (manager) was always so helpful and easy to talk to so kind and lovely, I always recommend this place to all my friends and had loads of my friends then send their kids there couldn't asked for a better nursery for my daughter x

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Vicky Wilson
9 years ago

I have had my two children go to strawberry hill and joyland I have found the staff of both nurseries lovely and Lisa the manager of strawberry hill and joyland easy to approach and nothing is too much trouble. Would recommend.

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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2025

Date: October 2019

  • July 2025Good
  • February 2025Inadequate
  • July 2024Requires improvement
  • August 2023Requires improvement
  • July 2021Good
  • October 2019Requires improvement

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