Hopscotch Day Nursery Botley
Good★ 3.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Southampton for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 2010, with 120 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
SO32 2DRWhat 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.
- 7 May 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 30 June 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 6 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff help children to settle and place a strong focus on their happiness.
Occasionally, there are some minor issues in how the key-person system is organised for new children starting at the nursery. Despite this, staff readily support young children to make good progress in their learning and development.
Babies happily explore and pull themselves up to the low-level window sills. Staff hold out their hands to encourage them to take steps and support their physical development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build further on staff's understanding of how to plan an effective curriculum that focuses on the intentions of learning before implementing activities n provide even more support to develop staff teaching skills so all children receive consistent learning opportunities n strengthen the key-person system with regard to new children and availability of staff to support them when they start.
- 6 October 2023Good
- 18 September 2019Good
- 9 September 2014Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hopscotch Day Nursery Botley
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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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