Twinkle Cottage Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Portsmouth for babies from 9 months up to school age, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 March 2022. Open since 2011, with 48 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
The Government provides children with 30 hours of NEG funding. This funding is available for children the term after they are 9 months old. NEG funding currently is provided over 51 weeks a year ( limited term time only spaces are available.) Twinkle Cottage Day Nursery also accepts children who are in receipt of two year old funding.
Worth knowing. NEG funding currently is provided over 51 weeks a year ( limited term time only spaces are available.).
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
PO1 5AJWhat 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, 7 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
and those with English as an additional language (EAL), thrive during their time at the nursery. Children benefit from the high expectations and knowledge staff have of them. They base the curriculum on children's individual needs, for instance, placing great emphasis on developing listening and attentions skills. This provides children with a foundation in which learning is successfully built upon.
Children are safe, happy, and thoroughly enjoy their time at nursery. They settle quickly on arrival and show good levels of concentration as they engage in wellplanned play opportunities. Staff respond to children with compassion and care.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - review routines and activities to ensure that these do not interrupt children's learning opportunities n strengthen the support staff, including students, receive to ensure that all children have access to the same high-quality interactions.
- 7 March 2022Good
- 14 October 2016Outstanding
- 8 January 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Twinkle Cottage Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.