Hippy Kids At Home

Hippy Kids At Home Home from Home, nurturing childcare led by a highly experienced husband and wife team 💚 We have three daughters of our own and live in South Portslade.

HiPpY KiDs is an established Childminding business run by Beccy and Charlie Bourne, husband and wife team. Our business began in 2007 when we became parents and opened our home and family to care for children in the local area. We have been lucky enough to work with many families locally and helped many children grow into awesome humans. Our business has grown too, we have a number of amazing assi

stants who are also committed to provide excellent home from home childcare at our nurturing and child led setting. "Beccy and Charlie are kind, nurturing responsible and caring minders, I never give D a second thought as I know she is 100% safe and happy and that is something money can't buy!"


"They provide a real home from home experience in a warm and loving environment, and make lots of efforts to do interesting things with the children. Z regularly goes to playgroup and in the summer visited farms and parks, and also comes home with some interesting art work. In short, the quality of their care is superb. I would be happy to recommend them to anyone looking for first class childcare." "He absolutely loves it there and I am extremely happy with the care he receives. It is very much a 'home away from home' for him, which is the perfect environment to develop a happy, contented little boy. I love the atmosphere when I arrive to collect him - all the children sat round the table eating a lovely homecooked meal and often have to persuade H that it's time to come home! "


www.hippykids.co.uk

We are over the moon to finally be able to share our latest Ofsted report. https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/16/276...
15/06/2026

We are over the moon to finally be able to share our latest Ofsted report.

https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/16/2768105

We are very proud to have achieved 5 strong grades. We feel the inspector captured our ethos perfectly and the words she used to describe our little setting are beautiful.

We feel seen. Our aims and priorities were identified, our staff were recognised for their incredible hard work. The children are at the heart of everything at HiPpY KiDs.

We did it! ✌️🥳

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We don’t tend to do politics on the HiPpY KiDs account but I’ve made an exception today and shared on our stories. Now I...
13/06/2026

We don’t tend to do politics on the HiPpY KiDs account but I’ve made an exception today and shared on our stories. Now I’d like to share on the grid too.

We are an inclusive Early Years setting and I will be anti racist until the day I die.

Refugees are welcome here, in Brighton and always at HiPpY KiDs.

Love Wins Always ❤️✌️☮️

We are still here! We may have been a little quiet on social media but we have been exceedingly busy here at HiPpY KiDs ...
02/06/2026

We are still here!

We may have been a little quiet on social media but we have been exceedingly busy here at HiPpY KiDs HQ.

At Playschool, every child spends a substantial time outside in our shady natural forest garden, we also do weekly messy play and yoga sessions. Our children play in mixed age groups, there is a child led curriculum and a relationship pedagogy based on nurture and love.

We recently had a glorious OFSTED inspection that we can’t wait to share with you all. When the most recent report is published you will understand how I can include those words in the same sentence 💚

We have welcomed new members of staff and new babies this term. Everyone is settling into our Hippy Kids family well.

We have some limited space for over two’s available in our Playschool from September. These spaces are reserved for full day contracts of 3+ days a week. We accept government funding and offer contracts All Year Round or Term Time only.

Please get in touch if you would like to visit our beautiful Playschool and forest garden to discuss reserving a space for your child.

Today we dissected some Owl Pellets!The children had an amazing time finding skulls and bones and identifying them using...
13/05/2026

Today we dissected some Owl Pellets!

The children had an amazing time finding skulls and bones and identifying them using the worksheets provided by

It was absolutely fascinating and was a great way to satisfy curious minds (children and adults alike!)

Yesterday the children enjoyed homemade pesto with their pasta. This was a very special recipe as the pesto was made by ...
06/05/2026

Yesterday the children enjoyed homemade pesto with their pasta. This was a very special recipe as the pesto was made by Charlie from foraged wild three cornered leeks.

A group of children foraged the plants from our local graveyard last week, they are a cross between wild garlic and spring onions.

It was fair to say the meal was a success (the pasta was enjoyed by some of us grown ups too!)

There is no messy play tomorrow. Apologies, we will see you all next week for more messy fun 🤩
27/04/2026

There is no messy play tomorrow. Apologies, we will see you all next week for more messy fun 🤩

21/04/2026

Volume Up for the cutest ‘Thank You’ in the world!

At HiPpY KiDs, communication and language is at the heart of everything we do. We very much adopt a relationship-based pedagogy that focuses on trusting and meaningful relationships between our educators and the children.

‘Teaching is a broad term that covers the many different ways in which adults help young children learn. It includes their interactions with children during planned and child initiated play and activities; communicating and modelling language; showing; explaining; demonstrating ; exploring ideas; encouraging; questioning; recalling; providing a narrative; facilitating; and setting challenges’

Here are some lovely glimpses into Playschool life over the last couple of weeks….

This!
02/04/2026

This!

Spring has Sprung!Some nice bits lately at HiPpY KiDs HQ…..
01/04/2026

Spring has Sprung!

Some nice bits lately at HiPpY KiDs HQ…..

What a treat! We found a hedgehog at the park today, it was delightful 🦔
30/03/2026

What a treat! We found a hedgehog at the park today, it was delightful 🦔

Address

27 Church Road
Portslade
BN411LB

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm

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