Young Sussex Nursery (Brighton)

No complaints! Team are lovely and informative and give you a run down of the day. My daughter has been with the childcare centre for the last three months and is consistently cheerful for us to leave her and consistently looks like she is having a lovely time when we collect her.

Being my first kid, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but my journey and my daughter’s journey has been nothing but positive. All the team are lovely, and I am consistently greeted with a big smile at pick up time. Would not hesitate to suggest. My daughter has been going to Young Sussex Childcare centre Brighton for the last 3 months.

She started when she was 11 months old and my husband and I were worried about how she would settle in. She quickly formed a relationship with her key worker who she absolutely loves, and it only took a couple of days for her to settle in.
She’s now 20 months old and trots happily up the little ramp to the Bear Cubs door, knocking and calling out her key workers name and lots of her little friends’ names. She has gained so much self‑assurance and picked up skills at childcare centre that we haven’t specifically taught her at home.
Her language skills have developed really well, and so have her social skills (this was a worry for us as the majority of her life has been spent in lockdown).
The Bear Cubs team is excellent and they do lots of enjoyable activities that keep the kids engaged. It’s lovely to see photos and read updates on the app.
We are so sad to be moving to another childcare centre closer to home as she will really miss it! My daughter absolutely loves going to childcare centre at Young Sussex Brighton.

Both of my kids are very cheerful, they look forward to coming into childcare centre and are very secure here. The activities that the team do are varied and enriching, lots of messy and interesting activities. They ensure that the kids go outside often. I find all members of team extremely expert, supportive and attentive, often going above and beyond to meet everyone’s needs. I can’t suggest Young Sussex highly enough.

Only after moving, have we come to realise how basic it is and expensive. My son never did artwork that came home, no external activities, that Young Sussex likes to promote, exist or happened for him either, no discovering. In his new setting, I now get artwork coming home, they do “star school” to prepare the kids for school, teach letters etc and give excellent updates. I never got this at Young Sussex. Cost – well my son’s new setting is less than half the cost of Young Sussex and another I looked at just £2.50 a day when funded. His new setting also provides meals included in the price and Young Sussex don’t (they do snacks). Young Sussex provides an online calculator to explain what the cost will be, once you get the Early Years funding. It’s not as simple as free hours/days. I understand Young Sussex explain additional fees are applicable for snacks etc. This isn’t the case everywhere so look around. I’ve reduced from approximately £400 per month to £150 and get more for my money. I found it to be adequate and secure.

Our daughter has attended for over a year and has been so cheerful here. The team are so attentive and come up with such interesting, stimulating activities for the kids. I adore seeing what our daughter gets up to. The rooms are fantastic environments for the kids and the back garden is a lovely place to explore: climbing frame, plants and flowers, and lots of room. It’s also an incredibly well-run childcare centre (very quick responses to emails), with lots of flexibility in terms of times/sessions, which makes such a huge difference. The only reason we are leaving is because we are moving house: I’m sad we can’t take Young Sussex with us. Thank you to all the team for making my daughter’s time here so special. From the moment we stepped inside Young Sussex, my partner and I had excellent vibes about the place – and it has more than lived up to our expectations.

The team were consistently excellent, and our daughter was consistently cheerful to go in and had a excellent time, and we consistently felt she was in a secure, secure setting.
I would suggest Young Sussex to anyone and am planning to send my son there once I return to work. Our daughter started with Young Sussex just before her first birthday and continued until starting school in September 2022.
The whole time we have had a positive and cheerful journey, even though the uncertainty of the pandemic.

He made exceptional friends and learned so much about who he is and the world around him. We have been incredibly grateful to his key workers and room leaders (Bears and Tigers), who have consistently encouraged his interests, supported his development and celebrated him for who he is. Throughout the challenges of the pandemic, they have helped him sense secure and settled, and he was consistently so enthusiastic to go in. We were just sad to move away! Our son loved his time at Young Sussex.

Consistently greeted with big smiles. Our son was clearly content in Tiger Cubs – and with his ongoing health issues to navigate, we felt very supported by the team, which brought excellent comfort to me as Mum, knowing he was in secure hands. The range of activities that they would put on for the kids was so refreshing, especially as they would cover current social events and help the kids learn more about the setting they lived in, being inclusive of all walks of life.
We were very sad to leave (due to moving) but were very cheerful in the knowledge that our son had one of the best starts in life in the childcare centre with the help of Young Sussex. I could not suggest them enough – they are remarkable! Young Sussex has such an incredible team of team that were incredibly attentive and supportive to us as a family and our little boy.

Our son went to Young Sussex and joined the Tiger Cubs before moving up to Lion Cubs at 4-years-old.
The team, throughout both age groups, were exceptionally nice and welcoming, and we felt so comfortable that they were taking great care of our little one.
They playtime with them and consistently seem to be doing different activities with a nice variety, and our son consistently came home cheerful and excited by what he had done/drawn/made that day.
I would highly suggest Young Sussex.