Little Meadows Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open a few years
A pre-school in Basingstoke for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. £9.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2023, with 16 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £11.00Breakfast club | £9.00Late pick up |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £7.50 T-shirt
- £9.00 Bag
- £9.50 Jumper
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.25 a day Snackonly on the days that your child attends
- £3.50 2 course lunchincludes a hot lunch and a healthy dessert
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hour and 30 hour funding.
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
RG25 2PDWhat 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.
- 23 June 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 24 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settle swiftly on arrival. This is due to the warm and friendly greetings that staff and other children provide. Staff develop strong relationships with the children. They take time to get to know each family and what children like to do. They particularly go out of their way to find out what captures children's imaginations and attention. This helps children to feel safe and secure.
Children develop positive attitudes towards their learning. They enjoy sharing these experiences with their friends. For example, children delight in the hairdresser's themed role play. They play cooperatively as they pretend to style one another's hair and chat among themselves. Staff are responsive to the children's interests, as this play develops into children using the brooms to pretend to be witches and making potions.
Leaders want all children to have the very best experiences they can. Staff encourage the development of learning through innovative and fun activities.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on the arrangements for coaching and mentoring staff, to strengthen teaching skills so that every opportunity is made to extend learning experiences for children n review the organisation of group-time activities to ensure it is appropriate for the learning and encourages all children to be more actively involved.
- 24 April 2024Good
Still missing for Little Meadows 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 £9.00 an hour 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.