Jigsaw @ St John's Preschool
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Fareham for children from birth to 5, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2009, with 34 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
PO14 4NHWhat 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, 6 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children eagerly enter the pre-school and greet staff. They have built good bonds with staff. Children demonstrate a positive attitude to learning, they eagerly participate in activities that follow their interests. For example, staff use children's enjoyment of finger painting to build on their awareness of numbers, shapes and colours. They cover tables with paper and provide paint and brushes for children to make their marks on. Children enjoy painting toy animals' feet, making 'paw prints'
and counting them. They compare the size of their fingers and handprints to those of the staff.
Children enjoy exploring the pre-school environment and happily interact with adults, sharing what they like doing and including them in their play. Staff make good use of these interactions to build on children's communication and language.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - embed the systems for sharing children's next steps in learning between staff to enable these to be precisely implemented when their key staff are unavailable n make more consistent use of knowledge around children's home languages and their cultural backgrounds to increase their awareness of the uniqueness of their community and the wider world.
- 6 March 2023Good
- 18 January 2018Good
- 28 April 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Jigsaw @ St John's Preschool
- 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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