Shepherds Spring Pre-School Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 3.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Andover for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £9.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2017, with 85 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Non-Funded/Extra Hourly Charge £9.00 per hour Standard hourly charge
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Worth knowing. Consumable Charge £1.00 per hour charged on top of hourly charge (applicable on OPT IN option).
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
SP11 6JPWhat 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 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff place a very strong focus on children's happiness and well-being. They know the children and families extremely well. Staff successfully plan enriching activities that build on children's interests and developmental needs. They have very high expectations and children understand the rules and the boundaries. Children behave extremely well.
Staff use the vast outdoor space incredibly well. They create learning experiences for children to develop their skills at every opportunity. Older children spend most of their time outside and benefit from the fresh air and exercise this brings. Staff commit to giving children experiences they may not have had before. Children's independence is integral to everything they do. For example, at lunchtime, staff give children pretend coins to exchange for fish and chips, wrapped in paper, like they would get from the shop. Children use their language to place their orders for lunch. In return for their 'money', staff give them fish and chips, complete with a wooden fish fork. Children sit and eat with their friends at the wooden benches.
They enjoy the social experience in the outdoors.
- 6 March 2024Outstanding
- 5 February 2019Good
- 6 August 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Shepherds Spring Pre-School Nursery
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- 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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