Broughton Pre School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Stockbridge for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 8am to 6pm. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2000, with 20 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funding for 15 hours free is available for all children from the term following a child’s 3rd birthday and funding for up to 30 hours is available for eligible children from 2 years old.
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
SO20 8ANWhat 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, 27 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide a warm and welcoming environment. Children happily enter the setting and independently put their belongings away. Staff encourage children to self-register by expressing their emotions. For example, children put their name in the feeling bags labelled happy, sad, calm, scared or angry. If children express sadness, staff are quick to provide support. For instance, staff play alongside them, give them a cuddle and listen to them while they explain why. Children's personal development is strong.
All staff have high expectations for children's learning and development. They follow an ambitious curriculum which they carefully plan for together. Each halfterm they plan with specific focuses in mind based on a book, celebration or interest. Staff challenge children to further develop their skills. They extend children's knowledge, provide further challenge and encourage problem solving. For example, children use tweezers to move objects from one container to another.
Staff then support children to time how long it would take them to complete.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to develop a fully consistent approach to managing behaviour, so that children understand the impact their behaviour has on others.
- 27 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 4 April 2019Outstanding
- 11 February 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Broughton Pre School
- 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.