Daisy Chain Nursery (Emsworth)
Ofsted report card Jan 2026Takes funded hours★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Emsworth 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 They do not publish prices, so ask. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in January 2026. Open since 2006, with 36 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
A maximum of 30 hours funded childcare is available for all children from working families +9 months. 15 hours universal funding is available for all 3- and 4-year-olds. Some two-year-olds are also eligible for additional funded hours too if you are in receipt of extra support.
Worth knowing. All funding is ‘Term Time Only’ for 38 weeks of the year – 30 hours x 38 weeks = 1,140 hours 15 hours x 38 weeks = 570 hours We stretch our funding over 51 weeks, giving 11.18 / 22.35 hours per week, 47.5 / 95.0 hours per month . Our non-funded nursery billing is calculated over 51 weeks, with the cost spread equally over 12 monthly bills. What is excluded from the Funded Hours All food and snacks as well as other consumables such as nappies, wipes, protective clothing, protective creams, Calpol.
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 7LFWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
What 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.
- 15 January 2026Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
- 15 July 2021Good
- 4 April 2016Outstanding
- 12 October 2009Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Daisy Chain Nursery (Emsworth)
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.