Treasure Island Playgroup
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Basingstoke for children from birth to 5, open 08:30 to 15:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2025. Open since 2000, with 36 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 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 9AEWhat 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, 24 June 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The provider creates a warm and inclusive environment where children feel safe, secure and valued. As a result, children settle quickly and demonstrate high levels of emotional well-being. Staff implement well-established routines that support children's understanding of what to expect next, promoting a sense of stability and helping them to develop positive attitudes towards their learning. Children show curiosity and enthusiasm for learning, engaging confidently in the activities available. Staff recognise the importance of becoming immersed in children's imaginative play and use their knowledge of individual children to extend their learning in the process. For example, when children explore role-play resources such as dental mirrors and lights to look at their teeth, staff ask if they have been to visit the dentist before and suggest that they can go soon to show them their teeth. This demonstrates staff's understanding of the importance of making links in children's learning and their lived experiences to support and promote children's understanding of healthy lifestyles.
The curriculum is broad and ambitious and enables all children to make good progress from their starting points. Staff ensure that each day is varied and interesting, and, in general, children take part in a range of well-planned activities, tailored to their particular learning needs. Children receive effective and consistent support for developing their communication and language skills, and those children with identified gaps in their learning benefit from high-quality targeted interventions and teaching. For example, staff model and consistently use simple signs to support new vocabulary, and even the youngest of children show familiarity and use these spontaneously in their learning and care routines.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review the outdoor learning environment to further promote children's engagement in purposeful play that fully contributes to their good progress n develop and support staff to implement consistent behaviour management strategies that build on pre-school children's understanding of behaviour expectations.
- 24 June 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 2 October 2019Good
- 22 June 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Treasure Island Playgroup
- 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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