Kiddi Caru Nursery
Good★ 3.3 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Fareham for children from birth to 5, open 07:00 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2006, with 130 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
PO15 7LAWhat 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.
- 17 May 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 24 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children form positive relationships with staff, helping them to feel secure. Staff provide a broad range of activities that engage children's interests effectively.
Children become absorbed in their play, helping them to become motivated and independent learners. For example, staff build on children's keen interest in a book about aliens to extend their learning. They provide an array of resources which children use to create large and small rockets. They make the most of the opportunities that this presents to introduce mathematical ideas, such as positional language. Staff promote children's communication and literacy well. For example, during storytelling, staff introduce new words such as 'character', 'blurb' and
'spine'. They talk about how the spine holds the book together. Children are fascinated as staff encourage them to feel the 'nobbles' on their back and talk about how their own spine holds them together.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the arrangements to check that staff have a confident and comprehensive understanding of all aspects of their roles, including temporary staff n monitor the support for children with SEND more precisely to address minor inconsistencies in the quality of the interactions they receive.
- 24 July 2024Good
- 12 March 2024Inadequate
- 24 April 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kiddi Caru Nursery
- 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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