Buttercups Nursery School Ltd
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Fareham for from 2 years 9 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £50.50 a day for 3 to 4-year-old children, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2024. Open since 2002, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
50 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 4-year-old children3y to 4y | £50.509am to 3:30pm £61.008am – 4pm £73.005 full days £75.008am – 6pm | £8.25Ad hock hours | |
| 2 years 9 months to 3-year-old children | £52.509am to 3:30pm £63.008am to 4pm £75.005 full days £77.008am to 6pm | £8.75Ad hock hours |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.25 cold teafor children attending 8am to 6pm and 8am to 4pm
- £3.50 hot mealfor children attending 8am to 6pm and 8am to 4pm
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £1.30 an hour voluntary additional service and consumable/non-consumableper funded hour, includes afternoon snack, consumable items, non-consumable
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Funded aged children (Two years nine month to three) and (Three-year olds).
Worth knowing. A voluntary additional service and consumable/non-consumable contribution of £1.30 will be applied to every funded hour your child attends. Any hours attended over the funded entitlement will be charged at the session hourly rate. N/B The additional services and consumables/non-consumables are only available if the voluntary contribution of £1.30 per funded hour is made.
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
PO15 7LAWhat 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, 21 August 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are warmly greeted at the gate by staff that are happy to see them. Kind and caring staff support the children's personal, social, and emotional development well. For instance, children separate into groups when they have settled. During this time, staff encourage children to think about how they feel, and to share this within the group. Children feel appreciated, as staff listen intently to what they say.
They give children time to speak and share how they feel. Children are developing good foundations in understanding and reflecting on their feelings, which helps them to self-regulate their emotions and understand the impact of their actions on others.
Staff effectively role model the kind and positive behaviours they expect the children to demonstrate. In turn, children are polite, caring, and considerate of one another. Staff are highly skilled at encouraging the children to play amicably together and to share their experiences. For example, children pretend to make a birthday cake in the sandpit area. The staff share children's joy in their role play as they sing happy birthday with them. They ask the children to count how many friends are present to enable them to slice and share the birthday cake. Children count six friends and represent the numbers on their fingers. Staff successfully support their social skills, mathematical development, and their imaginative play.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop staff's skills in supporting children who are less confident to engage in more purposeful play and learning.
- 21 August 2024Good
- 12 February 2020Outstanding
- 29 July 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Buttercups Nursery School Ltd
- 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.
- Is £50.50 a day still the rate? 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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