Wishing Tree Children’s Nursery in Brighton offers outstanding Early Years care in a warm, home-from-home environment for children aged 0–5. Rated Good by Ofsted (February 2024), this welcoming nursery is set next to Withdean Park and features spacious classrooms, a large secure garden, and a passionate team praised by families.
The curriculum draws on the Hygge, Curiosity, and Montessori Approaches to support each child’s development and love for learning. Children...
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Type of Service
- Day Nursery
Opening Schedule
Open all yearFull days available
YesHalf day sessions offered
NoGroup/Owner
- Grandir UK
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Anna Betts (Nursery Manager)
Number of Childcare Staff
- 36
Total Places for Children
- 86
Age Range
- from 0 years 6 months
- to 5 years 0 months
Meals Provided
NoConsumables provided
NoOpening 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
The Wishing Tree Nursery Reviews (41)
The Wishing Tree Nursery has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.844) out of 10, based on 23 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time The Wishing Tree Nursery has 41 reviews.
We are very happy with The Wishing Tree. They have looked after my daughter since she was a year old. The staff are wonderful, building true bonds with the kids, doing lots of fun activities including excursions and plenty of garden time. They've recently renovated, so it looks great, they have an in-house chef and great communication. Most importantly, my daughter is happy and safe there and loves going to see her friends each morning
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. We're pleased to hear that you and your family are so happy here! Our nursery team are dedicated to ensuring each child's happiness and wellbeing, and really take the time to get to know their individual personalities. This allows them to...
The Wishing Tree Nursery has been great for our family and our child. The staff have been fantastic, we get thorough handover summaries at collection, and the communal meals are especially appreciated.
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. We're so pleased to hear that you've had a great experience with us! Maintaining excellent communication with our families is important to us. Part of this is providing detailed summaries of your child's day at collection so our families stay...
Our Daughter has been coming to the wishing tree since the second half of last year and she absolutely loves it. She comes back tired and happy every time we pick her up. She learns so much and her development has drastically increased since starting. We have had great interactions with everyone who works there, they are all lovely. Couldn't recommend it more.
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. We're so pleased to hear that your child is loving her time here! Each of our nursery rooms has been thoughtfully-designed to stimulate the learning and development of the different age groups. Not only is each room packed with engaging,...
The management and staff are absolutely fantastic. They are friendly, caring, and incredibly supportive. Both of my children love attending nursery and are always excited to go, which says everything about the fun, welcoming, and engaging environment they create. I couldn't recommend it highly enough.
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. We're thrilled to hear that both of your children love attending our nursery! Part of the brilliantly warm and supportive care our team provide is ensuring that our nursery environment is a fun and welcoming place for children to be.
Refurb has been happening the last few months so I'm looking forward to seeing how everything will run when it's complete.
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. Our warm and supportive team understand the importance of providing timely and informative communication with our families, keeping you updated on nursery news and your little one's development. We take great care to ensure that mealtimes remain a safe and enjoyable occasion for all children with strict policies around managing allergies.
Both my kids attended Wishing tree - the first in 2021 and now the second starting this year. The staff have been so supportive with settling and keeping me updated. It's a beautiful setting with lots of interesting activities and I know my second will thrive there, just as my first did.
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. Our dedicated team strive to make the settling in process as smooth and seamless as possible for each child and their family, so it's lovely to hear that our team have been so supportive! We really value open communication with our families...
The staff are so friendly and warm and the communication between staff and parents is amazing!
I am especially impressed with the trips out and the newly refurbished rooms which look great!
A clean, warm environment and a delicious variety of healthy foods for our little one, plus always greeted with a smiley face!
Thank you :)
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. We're thrilled to hear that your child is loving their time here! The warmth and friendliness of our team are so important in helping children to feel happy and settled in our environment. We strive to maintain regular and timely communication...
The staff are absolutely wonderful, caring, attentive and professional. Staff tend to stay, which means that there is continuity and all staff members seem to know all the children and their families which is lovely. We are particularly impressed with the staff supporting our child with additional needs, they have been fantastic in understanding and supporting our child and making a huge difference to our little ones development.
The food is excellent - it's a varied, nutritious and delicious menu.
Recent renovations have transformed the rooms beautifully and have been well thought out, creating an environment that is stimulating and safe for the children.
All in all we are very happy and would highly recommend the Wishing Tree!
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. We are incredibly proud of our recent renovations and the engaging, stimulating environments it has helped to create across our rooms. Our long-standing team work hard to provide a warm, welcoming and happy nursery environment. An important...
I've had my daughter here for around 2 years, since 8 months old, and the experience has always been great. The staff have all been fantastic and everyone sends to take real care to ensure the children have fun at the same time as learning. There are always lots of activities and a good chunk of time spent outdoors when possible. The food seems tasty and healthy and is made fresh everyday in house.
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. We're so pleased to hear that you and your child have had such a great experience with us so far! The activities children enjoy each day are carefully-designed to be fun and engaging whilst also providing children with plenty of opportunities...
I am honestly so smug that my child is at this nursery when hearing about friends experiences with their children at other nurseries! It provides so much rich experiences each day, great communication and most of all really nurturing, gentle care of my child. Having nappies and varied, nutritious meals and snacks included in the cost is a great bonus too!
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. Our fantastic nursery team work hard to provide exceptional care and education. They provide a variety of enriching activities for each day which have been thoughtfully-designed to support and nurture children's development. We want our...
My daughter has been at the nursery now for 19 months now and she has flourished under the fantastic care, love and understanding. It's wonderful to see all the great activities they do and how they foster children's individual interests too.
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. We're delighted to hear that the exceptional warmth, care and love of our team has helped your child flourish! They are deeply passionate about helping children learn and grow, providing a great variety of enriching activities for them to enjoy...
We've had the pleasure of having Wishing Tree as part of our support network since 2020. From the beginning, staff have been so kind and caring to our son and also to us as first-time parents. Since the company changes the nursery has remained supportive and wonderful with our daughter. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful team at Wishing Tree who prioritise our children first.
Thank you for your review of Wishing Tree Day Nursery. Our warm, friendly are so passionate about providing exceptional care and education. They work so hard to provide an inclusive and welcoming environment where each child's development is nurtured and supported.
Sometimes communication could be improved but I can't fault the care, thank you!
Thank you for your review of Wishing Tree Day Nursery. We're so pleased to hear that your child is loving her time here! We strive to support each child in building up their confidence with a warm, welcoming and supportive environment where their development is encouraged and nurtured. Our recent...
The staff always keep us informed of what he's been up to, what he's eaten, what they have been doing as a class, pictures etc which is so lovely to see. We feel like we are part of his nursery experience without physically being there.
It's clear all the staff absolutely love working with the children and my son loves seeing all the staff and has build some great bonds with them.
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. Our dedicated team take the time to form warm, nurturing relationships with each child, getting to know their needs and individual personality so they can provide the dedicated support they need to learn and grow. Maintaining strong...
My child has been at the wishing tree for a while now and he really does enjoy it there, the staff are amazing especially with my child having additional needs, nothing is ever to much trouble. I will be gutted when he leaves for big school in July
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. We're so pleased to hear that your child is enjoying his time with us! Our warm, friendly team are dedicated to nurturing each child, taking the time to understand their individual needs to ensure they can provide the care and support they need to thrive.
Our daughter loves coming to nursery every day. Staff are amazing and we are so happy to have found Wishing Tree. We moved into the area last year and having had mixed experiences before with settings,I can honestly say this nursery is really special. We feel she is always in amazing hands and the range and creativity of the activities they do with her is an amazing. Sad she is transitioning into school primary in September . Would recommend in a heartbeat.
Thank you for your review of the Wishing Tree Nursery. We're delighted to hear that your child loves attending nursery each day and that you're so happy with your experience! Our warm and enthusiastic team devise a range of activities for children to enjoy each day. These are thoughtfully-designed...
She had a few rough days to start with as expected, but the team in her room were amazing and reassured me so much about how she'll settle in. After a couple of weeks she was nicely settled and has really enjoyed going since.
I'm so happy with what she gets up to, the food she's given, the activities they put on for the kids each day. The whole team are so lovely and supportive, and it's really nice having the app updates throughout the day. You can tell the teams really care for the kids they're looking after which makes all the difference!
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. It's so great to hear that our fantastic team provided such warmth and reassurance during the settling in process. They are dedicated to ensuring both children and their families receive the support they need to feel happy, comfortable and...
December is always a busy month for everyone, I feel like it is even more so when kids are in the mix. The nursery has been great with keeping up with updates on the usual illnesses that come with winter and doing deep cleans when needed! There was also a cool Christmas Grotto event that took place with some of the staff coming in on a Saturday for the kids to have fun and meet Santa. Such good lengths to go to and keeping everyone involved. Absolutely fantastic!
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. Maintaining an excellent standard of communication with our families is something we take great pride in, providing informative updates on your little one's progress as well as keeping all our families updated on any illnesses within the...
All of the staff seem friendly and attentive. My son loves attending. He has progressed in his social and academic skills since attending. Overall a great experience.
My only feedback would be a real lack of photos although end of day feedback is strong it's nice to see your little one in their nursery enviroment. My other comments would be that my son is vegan and has ate none vegan things a couple of times by mistake which I'd rather he'd not but I have been told. Some more care on this would be appreciated.
Excited to see the refurb.
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Day Nursery. We're delighted to hear how happy your little one is here and that you've seen such great progress in his development. It's wonderful to know you've found our team friendly, attentive, and supportive. We also appreciate you raising your...
I have two children at Wishing Tree Nursery and I think it is a fabulous place!
My eldest has now been with them for over 4 years and the continuity of care they offer has been invaluable for her confidence.
The staff are personable, professional and always provide excellent communication. They take the time to get to know the children as individuals but also offer a whole family approach and feel very inclusive.
Thank you for your review of The Wishing Tree Nursery. We're delighted to hear how happy you are with the care and support your children receive! We pride ourselves on building strong, individual relationships with every child while fostering a welcoming, inclusive environment for the whole family....
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- Posted: Friday 20 Feb 2026Grandir UK offers employment options designed for today’s childcare professionals. Grandir UK has launched GrandFlex, a suite of flexible working options designed to empower childcare professionals with greater control over...
- Posted: Monday 10 Nov 2025The Wishing Tree Children’s Nursery, which is part of Grandir UK, warmly invite families in Brighton to discover exceptional Early Years childcare and education at our Open Day. Step into...
- Posted: Monday 20 Oct 2025Grandir UK is delighted to announce that we’ve been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in Education and Training™ by Great Place to Work® UK for 2025. Our...
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Awards / Recognitions (13)
- Recipient: Grandir UKDate: Tuesday 31 Mar 2026
- Recipient: The Wishing Tree NurseryDate: Thursday 05 Jun 2025
- Recipient: Grandir UKDate: Sunday 01 Jun 2025
Meet the Team (1)
Anna is dedicated to creating a nurturing environment where children feel safe and happy. She believes in building strong, trusting relationships with both children and families to ensure each child's development is nurtured, helping them reach their full potential. With a hands-on approach and a genuine love for working with young children, Anna is excited to lead our nursery team in providing the best care and early learning experiences for all children.
Frequently Asked Questions about The Wishing Tree Nursery
What is the Age Range of Children that The Wishing Tree Nursery accepts?
The Wishing Tree Nursery accepts Children aged from 0 years 6 months to 5 years 0 months.
What Days & Hours is The Wishing Tree Nursery Open?
The Wishing Tree Nursery is open: 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.
How many Children does The Wishing Tree Nursery have capacity for?
The Wishing Tree Nursery has capacity for a total of 86 Children.
How far is The Wishing Tree Nursery to the centre of Brighton?
2.0 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.
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