Growing Places @ Morelands
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Waterlooville for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in December 2023. Open since 2008, with 48 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
All 2, 3 and 4-year funding.
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
PO7 5QLWhat 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 June 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 20 December 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in the care of passionate and dedicated staff. They learn to be kind, caring and respectful. They gain a good understanding of the needs of others and offer regular help to one another with tasks they find tricky, such as holding the sticky tape for a friend, so they are able to cut the tape with scissors. Older children enjoy weekly visits to a local care home, where they build meaningful relationships with residents. This helps children develop their conversation skills and confidence as they interact with people of different ages and backgrounds.
Children learn to be critical thinkers through interesting activities that capture their curiosity. For instance, children explore the properties of pine cones and the conditions they need to open and close. Staff encourage children to recall their findings so far and share their ideas as to what they might try next, such as freezing the pine cones in water. Children make predictions and observations and discuss their findings. This helps them form secure connections as they learn about the world around them.
Children behave exceptionally well as they follow the rules and demonstrate that they feel safe and secure. Staff are calm, kind and responsive. They know children very well and adapt their approach depending on children's individual needs.
- 20 December 2023Outstanding
- 15 February 2018Outstanding
- 8 January 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Growing Places @ Morelands
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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