Young Friends Kindergarten

89 Holland Road, Hove BN3 1JP
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Welcome to Young Friends Kindergarten. Hove’s first Eco-Nature Nursery. They are a little bit different. Many settings dabble in outside play, forest school and nature – but they really do go for it.

Nature, of course, is not enough on its own… staff take their jobs as educators and carers seriously. After all, it’s a privilege not to be taken lightly. They are consistently excited to be helping shape little people’s outlook on life and in turn their futures, so it's important that they take great care to do it well.

Their Nature School is their most exciting feature and intertwines every day. It is comprised of Beach School, allotment, exciting garden and environmental education and the benefits to the children are plain to see.

They consider themselves a family away from home and families often say the same. Interactions and communications with children and families is warm, welcoming and intelligent.

A relaxed, cosy and fun family environment for the children means the nursery is a happy settled place.

This, balanced with fanatical ‘behind the scenes’ attention to the infinite improvement and considerable helping of an always smiling, brilliant (and close) staff team, is a winning recipe.
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Care Provided by Young Friends Kindergarten

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Good to Know

  • Owner
  • Louise Lloyd-Evans
  • Person in charge
  • Emma Holmes (Manager)
  • Admission Criteria
    • None
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 20
  • Total Places for Children
  • 60
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years
    • to 5 years
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 08:00-18:00
    Tuesday 08:00-18:00
    Wednesday 08:00-18:00
    Thursday 08:00-18:00
    Friday 08:00-18:00
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays, 1 week at Christmas & 2 inset days

Funding & Fees Guide for Young Friends Kindergarten

  • £60 for 9-4 day
    £75 for 0745-6 day

  • Included in the fees are meals cooked by the onsite chef using food grown in our very own kitchen garden, Nature Kindergarten program incorporating our unique sustainable curriculum, flagship nursery for The Young Friends Tribe, regular Eco-Warriors sessions including beach clean-ups, daily trips, reusable nappies, a muddle of guinea pigs, an onsite woodland garden and outside workshop.
  • Parking

  • Street parking, right outside


Young Friends Kindergarten Reviews (26)

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Over all time Young Friends Kindergarten has 26 reviews.

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Review from Rebecca S (Mother of Child) published on 19 August 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My husband and I have been extremely lucky to find Young Friends as the nursery for our daughter. She started there at 7 months and now she is 2 years old and has lived every minute of being there. The staff are lovely, have a very caring nature and you can see they really adore all the children that
they work with. The facilities are excellent, the garden, the rabbits, our daughter regularly comes home and talks about her day to us and all of the great activities that she has been doing. She has gone from strength to strength with her learning and also her people skills from being at this nursery. The staff teach them good manners and sharing skills. The weekly blog and the updates are a great way of finding out what has been going on at the nursery and to receive photos of your little one having so much fun doing a variety of activities is so rewarding to see! Thank you, Young Friends!

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Review from Jane R (Mother of Child) published on 18 August 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I have two children at Young Friends Nursery and I absolutely love the care they receive while attending here. My oldest is just about to leave for school and I have no doubt that the attention, education, fun and friends she has made at Young Friends will pave the way for enjoyable school years ahead.


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love that Young Friends is a family run nursery. One of the factors that has impressed me the most about the nursery is the constant investment from the owners into making the building a stimulating and fun place for the children to learn and explore. From allotments to outdoor classrooms and yoga it really is a magical place that my children love to go to.


Thank you for a great 3 years for my daughter and son.


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Review from Holly S-B (Mother of Child) published on 26 July 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Since starting in November last year, my daughter has thrived at Young Friends. She was nervous to begin with but all the staff were so loving and comforting towards her, that I felt more than happy that she would be safe and well looked after. She is always as happy as she can be when I pick her
up and completely shattered after a day of fun activities. Young Friends is a happy, fun and loving environment that would make any nervous parent feel at ease when leaving their little one for the first time. I was recommended Young Friends by a friend and will continue to pass the recommendation on to others.

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Review from Neon W (Mother of Child) published on 13 November 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I love Young Friends my daughter has been going there since October 2011 to present, this week is her last week before she starts primary school. I believe that Young Friends has played an integral part in my daughters upbringing. They provide care, education, fun/loving, safe environment. Sad very
sad that they journey has come to an end.

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Review from Flo C (Mother of Child) published on 24 July 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Amazing nursery with a real family atmosphere and dedicated staff. Always buzzing with activity and new ideas too enrich the children's lives. We couldn't have found a better place for our daughter to attend for three fabulous years!

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Review from Rob M (Father of Child) published on 24 July 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Said short: They are a really great nursery and take excellent care of the children. For any one wanting more detail: They consider every detail that you would want to have been thought about, and run a really tight ship. In fact, you can see from the staff how happy they are and it speaks miles to
how good they in fact are. To any parent looking a nursery, I can only that I looked intensively for flaws in them when we were considering a nursery, and I honestly could not find one, we are very glad that our child goes there, and when we first moved to the UK from Germany, we were fairly concerned about finding a nursery; moreover, we were unfamiliar with English nursery standards or - in general - what to expect, and we did a good deal of research and visiting other nurseries in the area, they were hands down the best one. We consider ourselves really lucky to have our child at Young Friends. I know how hard this process can be, so I would suggest anyone in the Brighton or Hove area looking for a top-notch nursery to check them out, you won't be disappointed.

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Awards / Recognitions (4)

Ofsted Accredited Outstanding In All Areas

Recipient: Young Friends Kindergarten

Date: Sunday 14 Apr 2013 More details

'Early Year Professional Of The Year'

Recipient: Young Friends Kindergarten

Date: Friday 01 Oct 2010 More details

Business Development of the Year

Recipient: Young Friends Kindergarten

Date: Friday 01 Oct 2010 More details

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Meet the Team (9)

Louise

Louise Lloyd-Evans

Job Title: Director

Joined: 2008

Louise is the Director and hands on manager with 12 years’ experience. She holds many qualifications – the highest being Early Years Professional Status. Louise is incredibly passionate about creating an innovative, creative, educating and highly nurturing environment and filling it with the best team that she can find. She loves what she does and it shows. She is very proud of her team and their Outstanding nursery and works tirelessly to constantly improve it. She has three fabulous children herself - two of which are at Young Friends. Louise is our Healthy Eating Champion and also our Safeguarding, Fire Safety, and Training representative.

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Carly

Carly Lurring

Job Title: Senior Supervisor

Joined: 2011

Carly is our Deputy Manager and has been with us for nearly 7 years. During that time, she has completed her NVQs 2 and 3 as well as a Leadership and Management qualification. She is adored by our children and families and quite a rare find. Her passion for childcare and our nursery is immeasurable.

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Jessica

Jessica Taylor

Job Title: Head of Education / Sendco

Joined: 2017

Jes is our Head of Education and SENDco representative. Jes is a member of our management team and has had over 18 years experience in childcare. She is fun and enthusiastic and her passion for childcare shines.

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Muge

Muge Ileri

Job Title: Gibbons Supervisor

Joined: 2013

Muge (affectionately known as Mimi) is our Gibbons (babies and toddlers) Supervisor and leads her team in managing not one but two amazing rooms for her group. She has been at Young Friends for 5 years, and is one of the few staff who can boast that they've been a key member in all three (formerly four) of our age groups. Her native language is Turkish.

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Jodie

Jodie Sumner

Job Title: Supervisor

Joined: 2012

Jodie Sumner is our Baboon Supervisor. She started with us as an apprentice and has moved from strength to strength over the past 6 (almost 7) years she's been with us. She received her Level 3 qualification and has demonstrated both a personable manner with families and incredibly natural ability with children.

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Nishat

Nishat Rahman

Job Title: Practitioner

Joined: 2014

Nishat is a Level 3 practitioner for the Gorillas (3-5). Nishat has been a member of our team for 4 years, her ambitions are lofty and she is not only our Persona doll representative but takes a keen interest in the work of EMAS (Ethnic Minority Achievement Service) which supports EAL (English as an additional language) children and families. Nishat is fluent in Bengali.

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Libby

Libby Payne

Job Title: Practitioner

Joined: 2015

Libby has been with us for over 3 years now and has achieved her level 3 Childcare qualification. Libby is our lovely Gorilla (3-5yrs) Practitioner.

Gillian

Gillian Lloyd-Evans

Job Title: Chef

Joined: 2008

Gillian Lloyd-Evans is our fabulous chef. She holds level 2 in Food Safety and quite a number of years (she won’t let us say how many!) high quality family cooking. She has lived in many countries and brings her knowledge of different cultures to our diverse menu. ‘I have been lucky enough to be at Louise’s side since the birth of Young Friends and am proud to have been a major part of its growth into a thriving but still nurturing and family home from home’ (Gillian, May 2013)

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Kelly

Kelly Mcquaid

Job Title: Chef Assistant

Joined: 2014

Kelly is one of two chef assistants. She works alongside Gillian in the kitchen preparing all of the children's meals. She is Level 2 qualified in Food Safety.

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