Childrens Learning Centre
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Emsworth for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £11.12 an hour for 6 months – 2 years 9 months, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in September 2021, though that is 5 years ago now. Open since 2000, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, price list dated 1st September 2026 to 31st August 2027.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 months – 2 years 9 months6m to 2y | £11.12Holly | |
| All ages | £8.20St James pick-up · Mon & Tue only | |
| 2 years 9 months – school age | £8.92Mulberry & Willow |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £150.00 Deposit
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.10 a day Tea served at 4pm
- £5.00 a day Cooked lunch served at 12pm
- £20.00 Late collection per late pick-up
- £25.00 Late payment if payment is not received on time
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
30 funded hours (22 stretched hours per week) from the term after they turn 9 months old; 15 hours universal funding from the term after they turn 3, extendable to 30 hours.
Worth knowing. We are a stretched provision — this means 30 funded hours are stretched across the year, giving you 22 hours per week for 51 weeks. Any hours over your entitlement are charged at the hourly rate for your child's room.
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
PO10 7QSWhat 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, 15 September 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in this exceptional nursery. They are provided with high-quality care and an extremely calm and stimulating learning environment. Children are inspired to engage in purposeful play, indoors and outdoors, with a wide range of resources that encourage them to be curious and creative. Children feel safe and secure in the well-organised nursery. They build incredibly strong bonds with staff, for whom they show genuine affection. Staff focus strongly on supporting children's emotional well-being and adapt their approach according to what children need.
Children develop a strong sense of right and wrong. They consistently display excellent behaviour due to well-established boundaries and carefully structured routines. Staff have very high expectations for all children, who respond positively to the experiences on offer.
Older children listen attentively and become engrossed in activities. They hear extensive new vocabulary and laugh infectiously as the manager enthusiastically preforms well-loved stories. Children confidently answer questions and use new words they have learned. Staff ask open questions that successfully challenge children to think, respond and say what they know.
- 15 September 2021Outstanding
- 20 August 2015Outstanding
- 18 March 2011Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Childrens Learning Centre
- 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 £11.12 an hour 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.
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