St Jude's Church Nursery
Good★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Portsmouth for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 1992, with 95 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Portsmouth
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Portsmouth 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
PO5 3BWWhat 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, 18 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settle well in this nursery. Staff quickly get to know them and their unique personalities, developing secure, nurturing bonds with all children.
Children delight in seeking out staff for comfort, praise and play. The manager and her team have worked hard to make the necessary improvements since the last inspection. They have taken time to reflect and make improvements to the delivery of their curriculum. As a result, children have access to a broad and varied curriculum that incorporates children's own interests. From the moment children arrive, they quickly become engrossed in a variety of experiences on offer and sustain interest in their play.
Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour. As such, children behave well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - strengthen the coaching and mentoring of staff further, especially those working with the younger age group, to ensure that all interactions and experiences for children are of equally high quality n support staff to consistently recognise when children need more time to explore and develop ideas for themselves to challenge their thinking skills even further.
- 18 January 2024Good
- 3 February 2023Needs improvement
- 19 April 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Jude's Church Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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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