Little Sprouts Childcare

Fantastic outdoor Education in Hove, East Sussex.

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Little Sprouts Childcare

Exciting outdoor education for children aged 9 months to 5 years. Children free flow from the stimulating purpose built garden cabin into the beautiful garden, which has never-ending opportunities for play.

Children engage in educational activities, planned by the children, for the children. They are encouraged to care of their environment and enjoy growing and harvesting their own fruit and veg.

Small groups with a maximum of 6 children means they experience a nurturing, caring and loving environment. Little Sprouts has a real home from home feel and children settle quickly into the LS family.

Why You’ll Love Little Sprouts

Children are able to thrive at Little Sprouts and individuality is celebrated!

  • Nurturing environment
  • Eco conscious
  • Small child groups
  • Outdoor education
  • Competitive pricing
  • Child focused

Rating: 5 out of 5.

“Couldn’t recommend her enough”

Myself and another mum were chatting during drop off and agreed if we had to dream up our perfect childminder it would be Sophie! Little sprouts is such an inspiring and nurturing place and Sophie is the heart of that. I couldn’t recommend her enough. My son is so happy, confident and really genuinely at home here.

Marianne

Rating: 5 out of 5.

“Fantastic, bright and engaging”

We felt so lucky to find Sophie and Little Sprouts. The Little Sprouts cabin is fantastic, bright and engaging. Sophie never fails to create new imaginative set ups daily for them to explore and learn in a nurtured and creative environment. Sophie provides truly unique and lovely childcare.

Emily

Rating: 5 out of 5.

“Caring and loving environment“

Sophie has created such a nurturing, caring and loving environment and offers and incredible amount of activities to inspire and educate the children in so many different ways. My two always have the best time at Little Sprouts and this is solely down to Sophie, who is so passionate about what she does.
Grace

EYFE Funding Parent/Carer Information – April 2026

All eligible children are entitled to Early Years Free Entitlement (EYFE), which is funded by the government.

This includes:

  • 15 hours (570 hours per year) for all 3 and 4-year-olds
  • Up to 30 hours (1140 hours per year) for eligible working families of children aged 9 months to 4 years
  • Early Learning for 2-year-olds for families who meet specific eligibility criteria

At Little Sprouts, funding is stretched over 48 weeks of the year. This equates to:

  • 11.87 hours per week (15 hours entitlement)
  • 23.74 hours per week (30 hours entitlement)

For full eligibility details, please visit the government’s Best Start in Life: https://beststartinlife.gov.uk/

All eligible children can access a funded-only place. This means families can take up their funded hours completely free of charge.

Funded hours will be deducted from your monthly invoice. Any additional hours attended beyond your funded entitlement will be charged at the usual hourly rate.

Consumables and Optional Charges

We offer an optional consumables package at a cost of £14.64 per fully funded day, which includes:

  • Nappies and wipes
  • Sun cream
  • Home-cooked meals and snacks
  • Outings and local trips
  • Transport costs

Parents/carers may choose not to take this package. If opting out, families will need to provide all required consumables for their child, including:

  • Food and snacks for the day
  • Nappies and wipes
  • Sun cream
  • Any other necessary personal items

Deposits
We require a deposit of £100 to secure your child’s place.

  • For children accessing funded hours only, this deposit will be refunded in full within one month of your child starting at the setting.
  • For children attending additional paid hours, the £100 deposit will be deducted from the first invoice for paid hours.

Notice Period
The notice period for terminating your childcare contract is one month.

Applying for Funding
Parents/carers must inform the setting of their intention to claim funded hours before the funding start date. Funding will be applied from the next eligible headcount submission.

Late claims may result in a delay in funding being applied.