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Church Lane Nursery

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Mar 2025)
·St Michael's Church Hall, Brighton, BN42 4GD · West Sussex
Number of places
30 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2025
Local authority
West Sussex

About this day nursery

Church Lane Nursery, associated with Church Lane Primary School, is dedicated to fostering a supportive and engaging environment where children are encouraged to flourish. The institution emphasises a holistic approach to development, aiming to cultivate well-rounded individuals who excel academically and in various extra-curricular pursuits.

The day nursery operates under a core philosophy encapsulated by the motto 'be kind, work hard, achieve greatness,' striving to instil a strong foundation of values in its young learners. This commitment extends to providing diverse opportunities in areas such as music, sports, and drama, ensuring that children can explore and develop their unique talents.

Our ethos

The nursery's philosophy is encapsulated by the motto 'be kind, work hard, achieve greatness,' fostering a holistic approach to development to cultivate well-rounded individuals. They aim to instil strong values and provide diverse opportunities for children to explore and develop their unique talents.

What it's like

Children thrive and make superb progress at this nurturing nursery. Leaders and staff work incredibly hard to foster excellent relationships with children and their families, ensuring children swiftly delve into activities and play experiences with excitement and enthusiasm. All children flourish as they make remarkable progress.

Part of a Primary SchoolValues-led approachEmphasis on holistic development

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

8.45am to 3pm, each weekday

Term time / All Year

Term Time

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Church Lane Nursery

Last inspected 11 March 2025

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

What it's like to attend

Children thrive and make superb progress at this nurturing nursery. Leaders and staff work incredibly hard to foster excellent relationships with children and their families, ensuring children swiftly delve into activities and play experiences with excitement and enthusiasm. All children flourish as they make remarkable progress.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders, alongside their staff team, are passionate about the care and learning experiences every child receives and implement a highly ambitious and well-balanced curriculum.
  • Staff's knowledge of children's development is faultless, allowing them to provide a rich set of experiences that support children to continually build on their existing knowledge.
  • Children's communication skills are constantly considered and enhanced through a range of strategies, including Makaton, ensuring all children are exceptionally confident communicators.
  • Leaders provide excellent support, training and coaching for staff, ensuring their well-being is exceptionally well supported and fostering a highly motivated and skilled team.
  • Children with SEND receive highly targeted support, with staff putting personalised strategies and plans in place in collaboration with external professionals and parents, leading to excellent progress.
Inspection #10380437 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents report fondly of the staff team and how they and their children are treated as individuals.

They report an inclusive and tailored approach to individual families that is very much valued.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff work hard to create bespoke learning pathways for individual children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Children with SEND receive the highly targeted support they need. Staff understand the importance of creating an inclusive and dynamic environment that is reflective of all children. They use their knowledge of each child to put personalised strategies and plans in place. Staff work in collaboration with external professionals as well as parents remarkably well. Consequently, children with SEND make excellent progress. The special educational needs coordinators spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND.

Outdoor space

The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2025

Date: June 2019

  • March 2025Outstanding
  • June 2019Good

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