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South East
Childcare in Portsmouth
180 registered providers with 4,332 places, up 0.7% since December 2021.
56day nurseries
58childminders
36after-school clubs
105newly registered since 2021
50.5%rated Good or better
124closed since 2021
Childminders are disappearing here. Numbers are down 32.6% since December 2021, against a national fall of about 24%.
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The sixty largest and best-rated. Childminders are not named, because Ofsted withholds them.
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No longer open
Settings that have closed
Worked out by comparing consecutive Ofsted releases; the closure falls in the six months before the date shown.
| Setting | Town | Places it had | Last rating | Gone by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver's Rainbow Nursery | Portsmouth | 84 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Binsteed Childcare Services Limited | Portsmouth | 75 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Parade Community Preschool | Portsmouth | 60 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Super Camps- Portsmouth | Portsmouth | 54 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Top Tots Day Nursery Union Street Ltd | Portsmouth | 50 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Discovery Nursery School (Portsmouth) | Portsmouth | 40 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Mulberry Court Pre School | Portsmouth | 37 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Dream Catchers playschool Cosham | Portsmouth | 32 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| CM Sports Holiday Camp | Cosham | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| CM Sports Holiday Club | Portsmouth | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Zuko Sports Holiday Camp (KANP) | Portsmouth | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Kritzinger, Lisha | Portsmouth | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| FWAS St Pauls | Portsmouth | 40 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Tiny Turtles Preschool Paulsgrove | Portsmouth | 35 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Little Stars Pre-school | Portsmouth | 30 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| S4K Camp - Westover Primary School | Portsmouth | 25 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| S4K Camp - St Pauls Primary School (Portsmouth) | Portsmouth | 25 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| S4K Camp - Arundel Primary School | Portsmouth | 25 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Top tots day nursery Hilsea | Portsmouth | 22 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Paulsgrove Playscheme | Portsmouth | 13 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Langstone out of School Club | Portsmouth | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| YMCA Portsmouth Daycamps | Southsea | 110 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Alphabet Corner | Portsmouth | 65 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Teddy Bears Nursery School | Portsmouth | 53 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Little Alphabet | Portsmouth | 21 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| ARK Ayrton Nursery | Southsea | 89 | Outstanding | Dec 2024 |
| YMCA Portsmouth Daycamps | Portsmouth | 84 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Dysart Nursery | Portsmouth | 43 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Puddleduck Day Nursery Visits College Park | Portsmouth | 15 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| S4K Camp -Westover Primary | Portsmouth | 10 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| S4K Camp - St Pauls Primary (Portsmouth) | Portsmouth | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Highbury Primary School Holiday Club | Portsmouth | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Active8Minds Meon Primary School Holiday Club | Southsea | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Active8minds Copner Primary School Holiday Club | Portsmouth | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Brambles Holiday Club | Southsea | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Jack & Jill Preschool | Portsmouth | 0 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Moonlight Family Support Centre | Southsea | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| I Love to Learn | Southsea | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Dream Catchers After School Club Solent | Portsmouth | 65 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| Sparkle Lodge Early Years | Portsmouth | 30 | Needs improvement | Jun 2024 |
| Spinnaker Tuition Centre | Portsmouth | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| CM Sports Holiday Camp | Southsea | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| Little Lambs | Portsmouth | 46 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| Roberts Day Nursery | Portsmouth | 44 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| Brunel-Meredith Pre-School | Portsmouth | 43 | Outstanding | Dec 2023 |
| S4K Camp - Moorings Way Infant | Milton | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Springwood Preschool | Portsmouth | 48 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Springwood Preschool | Portsmouth | 90 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Bright Horizons Port Solent Day Nursery and Preschool | Portsmouth | 89 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Cherubz | Portsmouth | 60 | Needs improvement | Dec 2022 |
| YMCA Portsea Day Nursery | Portsmouth | 56 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| SuperCamps at St John's College | Southsea | 46 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Bunnywarren Pre-School Nursery | Portsmouth | 44 | Inadequate | Dec 2022 |
| YMCA Portsmouth Grammar School After School Club | Portsmouth | 40 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| University Of Portsmouth Nursery | Portsmouth | 37 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Tiddleywinks Pre School | Portsmouth | 26 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Mary Rose Playscheme | Southsea | 25 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Jumping Jacks Pre-School | Portsmouth | 24 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Chivers Childcare | Portsmouth | 24 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Farlington Wrap Around Solent Junior | Portsmouth | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |