Earlybirds Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Fareham for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £40.00 a day for 3-4 year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2006, with 16 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 year olds2y to 3y | – | £10.50Breakfast Club (07:30 – 09:00), 1.5 hrs £15.00Afternoon (13:00-15:00), 2 hrs £30.00Morning + lunch (09:00 – 13:00), 4 hrs | |
| 3-4 year olds3y to 4y | £40.00All day (09:00 – 15:00) | £10.50Breakfast Club (07:30 – 09:00), 1.5 hrs £13.50Afternoon (13:00-15:00), 2 hrs | |
| All ages | – | £8.50Breakfast Club 7.30am until 9.00am or After School Club 3.00pm - 4.30pm, 1.5 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.96 hot lunches provided by Aspen Services
- £4.50 a session Extended After School Club 4.30pm - 5pm
Funded hours
All 3 to 4-year-olds in England can have 15 hours a week free childcare for 38 weeks of the year.
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
PO17 6LJWhat 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.
- 18 December 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 13 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and confident and spend their time busily engaged in meaningful play. Staff provide children with lots of praise, which helps them to take pride in their achievements. For example, children proudly show staff a 'bridge'
they created from planks of wood. Staff take time to marvel at the structure, making children feel good about themselves.
Children form firm friendships and enjoy the time they spend with their peers. For instance, young children work together to create a farm and gather food to feed their animals. Children show respect as they listen and test out each other's ideas.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - strengthen the variety of opportunities children have to develop their growing independence, particularly during mealtimes.
- 13 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 23 September 2024Inadequate
- 12 September 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Earlybirds Pre-School
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £40.00 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.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.