Fun Box Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Southampton for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £81.00 a day for 0–2 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2014, with 36 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–2 yearsbirth to 2y | £81.00Full-day care | – | |
| 2-year-olds2y to 3y | – | £8.90Flexible hourlys | |
| 3–4-year-olds3y to 4y | – | £8.65Flexible hourlys |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.25 a session Extras & Essentials feeincludes freshly prepared meals (breakfast, morning and
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Early Years Funding for eligible 9 months, 2, 3 and 4-year-olds.
Worth knowing. Funded hours can be combined with additional paid hours to suit your routine.
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
SO40 8DAWhat 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, 31 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children separate from their parents well and receive a warm welcome from staff.
They play with their friends and explore the range of available activities. Children feel safe and secure at the nursery and are independent in their play. They behave well with staff, who set clear boundaries and expectations to help them stay safe.
Children make good progress in their learning and development, as staff understand how to provide a broad and balanced curriculum. This successfully builds on children's previous experiences. For example, children learn how to make their own vegetable soup. They show positive attitudes to learning as they persevere, using small knives to cut up their ingredients. Children talk about the texture and where the vegetables grow. They excitedly guess the shape of the stock cubes and learn the names of new, unusual vegetables, such as butternut squash. Children later enjoy the soup for afternoon tea.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to further develop children's independence skills consistently throughout the day.
- 31 May 2023Good
- 30 May 2019Good
- 16 February 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Fun Box Day Nursery
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £81.00 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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