Kiddi Caru Day Nursery and Preschool
Good★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Fareham for children from birth to 5, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 December 2024. Open since 2021, with 67 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
PO16 0SXWhat 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.
- 12 July 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 9 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy their time at this nursery. They arrive happily and are keen to engage in interesting activities, such as making their own play dough.
Children develop strong bonds with staff, who are responsive and caring. Staff working with babies are attentive to babies' cues, offering reassurance as they gain confidence to explore their environment. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure as they actively engage staff in their play or take time to have a snuggle and a story.
Staff incorporate new concepts, such as mathematics, effectively into children's play. For example, staff introduce babies to 'fast' and 'slow' as they sing nursery rhymes at different speeds. Babies giggle and join in with the actions as they watch staff sing very quickly. Older children learn about quantity and measure as they make their own dough and explore consistency. Older children learn that numbers have values. They practise counting in sequence regularly. For instance, children discuss the date and clap their hands to correspond with the number of days that have passed in the month so far. This helps prepare children well for their next stage in learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - further develop children's understanding of right and wrong, by providing clear and consistent explanations as to why the rules are important n enhance the quality and consistency of staff interactions, so that these are effective at extending children's knowledge and understanding of new information fully.
- 9 December 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 28 October 2022Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kiddi Caru Day Nursery and 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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