Piccolo Pre-School Nursery
Ofsted report card Jun 2026Takes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Basingstoke for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £9.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in June 2026. Open since 2008, with 32 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 | £28.50Per (3hour), 3 hrs | £9.50Per Hour |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £40.00 Registration Feeincludes a Bag your children can put their work in and a
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £4.00 Bottleoptional
- £5.00 Bagoptional
- £6.50 T-Shirtoptional
- £10.00 Jumperoptional
- £15.00 Bundle Oneoptional, includes T-Shirt, Bottle, Bag
- £22.00 Bundle Twooptional, includes T-Shirt, Jumper, Bottle, Bag
- £30.00 a term Consumables feeapplies to all the children, includes snacks, ingredients for cooking activities
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15hour, 30hour and 2year old Government Funding are available.
Worth knowing. Parents have flexible choice over how they would like their child's funded hours to be taken.
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
RG24 9HXWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
What 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.
- 2 June 2026Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
- 3 February 2020Good
- 10 December 2014Outstanding
- 6 October 2009Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Piccolo Pre-School Nursery
- 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 £9.50 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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