Ofsted report card

Stay and Play

Eridge Road, Hove · BN3 7QD

Inspected by Ofsted on 22 February 2024 under the report card framework.

Registration

Ofsted URN: EY497470
Provider type: Childcare on Non-Domestic Premises, Out-of school day care
Registered since: 27 May 2016
Local authority: Brighton and Hove

On the Early Years Register and the Compulsory Childcare Register and the Voluntary Childcare Register.

Where it is

Eridge Road, Hove · BN3 7QD. Location from the Ofsted register.

Inspection history

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall rating rather than grading each area.

11 May 2018 inspection Good

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Stay and Play in Eridge Road, Hove was last inspected on 22 February 2024. That inspection used Ofsted's report card framework, which replaced single-word overall ratings for early years settings in November 2025.

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Stay and Play has been registered with Ofsted since 27 May 2016. Its unique reference number (URN) is EY497470.

Nearby settings

Shoresh 1.7 km Jeanne Saunders Centre 1.7 km Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School 1.7 km Bright Horizons New Church Road, Hove Day Nursery and Preschool 1.7 km

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