Milly's Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Basingstoke for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. £8.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2017, with 20 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
From May 1st 2026 we charge £8.00 per hour for any hours over and above funded hours.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Early Years funded children and Working Families funding.
Worth knowing. Milly's Nursery School do not have a consumables charge. Therefore, if you use only funded hours there are no costs to you.
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
RG22 4NNWhat 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 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The manager and staff plan a curriculum that has an extremely strong focus on children's developing social and emotional skills. This runs through the nursery practice with seamless fluency. Staff swiftly offer help and support to help children overcome challenges. This has a significant impact on children's emotional wellbeing and gives them the confidence they need to achieve their goals. For example, children squeal with delight when they discover how to make water flow through guttering. They experiment as they tip and pour and learn new words in context, such as 'faster' and 'slower.' Staff consistently provide meaningful praise, which builds children's self-esteem and reinforces positive behaviour.
Staff provide a highly inclusive setting. They are calm and patient, and consistently demonstrate kindness to all children. Children show high levels of energy and excitement as they enter the nursery. They welcome their friends and staff with a huge smile and demonstrate an impressive ability to collaborate with others. For example, they problem-solve and work side by side to gather an array of natural resources to build an obstacle course. Children show exceptionally high levels of respect to their friends. They consistently ensure their non-verbal peers can share their ideas and fully participate in activities. Children's behaviour is excellent. They show high levels of engagement and consistently show an ability to sustain their concentration as they engage in their play.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide on-going support for staff, to help them develop even better strategies to build on the mathematic development of older children even further.
- 6 June 2024Good
- 15 August 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Milly's Nursery School
- 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
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 £8.00 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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