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Hove Village Pre-School Nursery At Hove Library

Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2024)
·Lower Ground Floor, Hove Public Library 182-186, Hove, BN3 2EG · Brighton and Hove
Number of places
41 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2024
Local authority
Brighton and Hove

About this early years setting

Hove Village Pre-School Nursery at Hove Library offers a nurturing environment for children aged 6 months to 5 years. Located within the Hove Library, the nursery provides a stimulating setting for early learning and development.

The facility operates 50 weeks a year, Monday to Friday, from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, with fees calculated annually and distributed evenly across monthly payments. The nursery is committed to providing high-quality care and education, adhering to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum.

Parents are encouraged to visit the nursery and speak with the admissions manager to discuss the best options for their child. The admissions process involves an initial enquiry, a visit to the nursery, and then completion of a registration form and payment of a non-refundable registration fee and a deposit to secure a place.

The nursery accommodates various government funding schemes, ensuring accessibility to funded hours for eligible families, while also offering optional additional services and enrichment activities aimed at enhancing the children's experience.

Our ethos

The nursery is committed to providing high-quality care and education, adhering to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum.

What it's like

Children are happy and motivated to learn in this nurturing and stimulating nursery. Leaders and staff work together to successfully plan and implement an ambitious curriculum that provides children with varied opportunities. Staff carefully plan a range of purposeful activities and play experiences that support children's individual learning and continually build on what they already know, remember and can do.

Located in Hove LibraryAccepts government fundingOpen 50 weeks a yearAges 6 months to 5 years

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured around a combination of funded hours and non-funded sessions, supplemented by an 'Extras and Essentials' consumables charge. This consumables fee covers meals, snacks, nappies, formula, and extracurricular activities not covered by government funding.

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare

Good to know

  • A non-refundable registration fee is required to secure a place.
  • A deposit is required upon acceptance, refundable upon leaving with correct notice.
  • An 'Extras and Essentials' consumables fee is charged during applicable sessions to cover meals and activities.

Key facts

Opening hours

8:00am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday, for 50 weeks each year.

Age range

6 months to 5 years old

Term time / All Year

All Year

Registered with Ofsted

2019

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Hove Village Pre-School Nursery At Hove Library

Last inspected 24 September 2024

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 and motivated to learn in this nurturing and stimulating nursery. Leaders and staff work together to successfully plan and implement an ambitious curriculum that provides children with varied opportunities. Staff carefully plan a range of purposeful activities and play experiences that support children's individual learning and continually build on what they already know, remember and can do.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff provide a broad and well-balanced curriculum that covers all seven areas of learning.
  • Communication and language are a fundamental basis for the curriculum.
  • Across the nursery, staff promote the love of books very well.
  • Staff plan many opportunities to help promote children's independence and self-help skills.
  • Partnerships with parents are a high priority to leaders and staff.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen the coaching and mentoring arrangements for less-experienced staff to help raise the quality of interactions to a consistently high level
  • 2support staff to give consistently clear messages so that children know and understand the expectations of their behaviour and learn right from wrong.
Inspection #10364668 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents are extremely complimentary about the care and learning their children receive.

They feel listened to and valued, and they comment that their children's interests are nourished by excellent staff.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff recognise each child's unique personality and the additional support some children need. They are responsive to all children's needs and wants. Staff precisely plan appropriate next steps for children, with just the right amount of challenge, which enables children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to continually strengthen their knowledge and skills.

Outdoor space

Staff plan many opportunities to help promote children's independence and self-help skills. For example, staff encourage children to put their own coats and wellies on to go into the garden.

Inspection history

Date: November 2021

  • September 2024Good
  • November 2021Good

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