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Nurseries in Southsea

There are 13 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Southsea, and 6 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Southsea

  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 12 settings (4 Outstanding, 8 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Canoe Lake Nursery - Day nursery, Southsea PO4 9RF, ages 0 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted, 7 August 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Fledglings Pre-School - Pre-school, Southsea PO4 0AG, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 14 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery - Day nursery, Southsea PO5 3DZ, ages 0 to 3, 54 places
    Ofsted, 5 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery - Day nursery, Southsea PO5 3DZ, ages 2 to 3, 40 places
    Ofsted, 3 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery - Day nursery, Southsea PO5 2NR, ages 0 to 4, 80 places
    Ofsted, 1 June 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Bears Forest Preschool - Pre-school, Southsea PO4 8NB, ages 2 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 18 September 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rainbow Corner Nursery School - Day nursery, Southsea PO5 1PX, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 10 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stagecoach Portsmouth - Pre-school, Southsea PO5 3ES
  • The Play Academy - Day nursery, Southsea PO5 1JF, ages 0 to 4, 80 places
    Ofsted, 23 January 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tops Southsea - Day nursery, Southsea PO4 9RL, ages 0 to 4, 78 places
    Ofsted, 6 August 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Top Tots Day Nursery Hedgerow House Limited - Day nursery, Southsea PO4 8DU, ages 1 to 4, 41 places
    Ofsted, 30 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • WillowTree Nursery Portsmouth Limited - Day nursery, Southsea PO4 8RL, ages 0 to 4, 54 places
    Ofsted, 26 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Wind In The Willows Portsmouth Ltd - Day nursery, Southsea PO4 8HB, ages 0 to 4, 88 places
    Ofsted, 19 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Active8 Minds Meon Holiday Club - Out-of-school club, Southsea PO4 8NT, 50 places
  • ActiveMe 360 CIC @ Moorings Way Infant School - Out-of-school club, Southsea PO4 8YJ, 40 places
  • Craneswater Out Of School Scheme - Out-of-school club, Southsea PO4 0PX
  • CSS Activities - Out-of-school club, Southsea PO5 3EQ, 64 places
  • I Love to Learn Portsmouth - Out-of-school club, Southsea PO5 1DS
  • School Friend Clubs @ Wimborne - Out-of-school club, Southsea PO4 8DE, 30 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Southsea

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.