Triangle Pre-school
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Winchester for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:30, 4 days a week. £7.50 an hour for two-year-olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 1987, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| Two-year-olds2y to 3y | £7.50Fees for two-year-olds | |
| Three- and four-year-olds3y to 4y | £7.00Fees for three- and four-year-olds |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
We accept funding for two-, three- and four-year-olds. Funded hours are used on a sessional basis.
Worth knowing. Lunch sessions can be incorporated into the funded hours used, providing this does not exceed the allocated hours. Any additional hours will be charged for.
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
SO22 6EGWhat 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.
- 4 November 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 26 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy their time at pre-school and develop secure relationships with staff, who are immensely caring. Children and staff have fun together. For instance, a child asks a member of staff to help her draw a picture of a dog. The member of staff follows the child's instructions carefully. They take turns to draw each body part of the dog and laugh together at the pictures they create. This demonstrates that children feel safe, secure, and develop a sense of belonging.
Children develop a love of stories and rhymes. This not only supports their language development but also helps children make connections within their learning. For instance, staff make story times fully interactive. They ask children lots of questions about what they have heard and what they can see. Staff help secure children's understanding further by linking the story to real-life experiences.
For example, staff connect the footprints in the story with the footprints children made in the garden earlier in the day.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide children with consistently high-quality interactions, that continuously build on what children already know and enables them to make the best possible progress.
- 26 January 2024Good
- 11 May 2018Good
- 5 June 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Triangle Pre-school
- 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
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 £7.50 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.