Top Tots Day Nursery MLC Limited
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Portsmouth for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2020, with 69 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funding accepted from 9 months; 15 hours TTO, 30 hours TTO, 20 hours stretched all year, 30 hours stretched (25 hours per week for the academic year (Sept to July).
Worth knowing. Top up fees for funded only children do not apply. For additional hours on top of funding will be charged accordingly and parents/carers are fully liable for these costs. If you do not wish to pay for specific consumables, for example because you wish to provide your own, please make your nursery aware so next steps can be discussed.
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
PO2 9QAWhat Ofsted said
Last inspected on 6 January 2023.
Good
Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.
Still missing for Top Tots Day Nursery MLC Limited
- What it costs
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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