Kingsmead Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Eastleigh for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £75.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 2014, with 41 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, price list dated April 2026 - March 2027.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £75.00 | £40.00PM 1.30pm-6pm, 4.5 hrs £45.00AM 8.30am-1pm, 4.5 hrs |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £1.00 Morning snackfunded days
- £1.00 Afternoon snackfunded days
- £2.50 Reduced meal charge for part funded days
- £3.50 Teafunded days
- £4.50 Lunchfunded days
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
All 3- and 4-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours of universal funded childcare per week. Eligible working parents can receive up to 30 hours of funded childcare for 3- and 4-year-olds. From 9 months of age, children of eligible working parents can also access up to 30 hours of funding. 2-year-olds and younger children may qualify for 15 hours of funded childcare if their family receives certain ben.
Worth knowing. Funded days are subject to a charge for meals: Morning snack £1, Lunch £4.50, Afternoon snack £1, Tea £3.50, Reduced meal charge for part funded days £2.50.
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
SO53 5DWWhat 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, 15 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children love coming to this inviting and stimulating nursery. Staff ensure that children enjoy and experience an exciting range of activities, indoors and outdoors.
Children build on their physical skills as they climb, balance and jump. Younger children grow in confidence as they are supported to balance on beams. Older children show good control when they jump and land on the trampoline.
Children develop a love for books. They engage attentively when stories are read to them and join in with familiar phrases to show their enjoyment. Younger children develop their vocabulary as they join in with singing their favourite songs.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- focus more sharply on the quality of staff's interactions to make the most of opportunities to extend children's learning further n strengthen the support for staff's professional development, to build on their teaching skills and raise the quality of practice to the highest level.
- 15 March 2022Good
- 6 September 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kingsmead Day Nursery
- 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.
- Is £75.00 a day still the rate? 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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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