Bright Beginnings Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Havant for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2022. Open since 2009, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
The Government offers an Early Years Education Grant from the term after a child is three years old. Government Funding Scheme – Eligible working parents of two-year-olds can access 15 hours of childcare funding, this will be 11 hours when stretched across the year. Eligible working parents of nine-month-olds to three-year-olds are able to access 15 hours of funded childcare, this will be 11 hours.
What childcare usually costs in Hampshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hampshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
PO9 2FEWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 14 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children form positive relationships with staff, who know them well. Children show that they feel settled, secure and comfortable in staff's care as they confidently interact with them or seek cuddles and reassurance. Children's uniqueness is recognised and supported effectively. For example, staff talk to children in languages spoken at home by some families as well as English. Children behave well. Staff promote their understanding of respect and using good manners.
Children develop awareness of their emotions and how to recognise their own and others' feelings. This helps children learn to respond sensitively to their friends. For example, a child offered a cuddly toy to their friend, to try and comfort them.
Staff demonstrate a good understanding of how to support and build on children's learning. Overall, they provide consistently good interactions to promote children's knowledge and skills. During planned activities, staff positively engage with children and introduce new vocabulary as they play and interact with children. This helps to extend children's communication and language skills. Children develop good levels of concentration and maintain a strong interest when exploring activities. Younger children and babies gain good confidence in exploring different sensory materials, such as sand, foam and cotton wool.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review how staff manage changes in the daily routine, to ensure these are managed to keep children consistently and purposefully engaged at these times n build on staff's support for children's developing self-care skills, to help promote their further awareness of taking care of themselves.
- 14 December 2022Good
- 13 February 2017Good
- 18 December 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bright Beginnings Nursery
- What it costs
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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