Wind In The Willows Portsmouth Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Southsea for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:15 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 2019, with 88 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
9-month-old, 2 and 3 year funding accepted (including 15 and 30 hours).
Worth knowing. Sibling discount available (not applicable if one child is fully funded).
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
PO4 8HBWhat 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, 19 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children flourish in this welcoming and supportive nursery. They display a strong sense of belonging and show that they feel safe and secure. Babies are happy and content in their familiar surroundings. They clap their hands with pleasure after pulling themselves to a standing position. Staff celebrate their achievements with smiles and cheers, and demonstrate how happy and safe they make children feel.
Other babies join in with the praise as they cheerfully clap their friends. Older children support their friends when they encounter difficulties. They encourage them to keep on trying when practising a new skill and say, 'practise makes perfect'. Children are kind and considerate to each other.
Children are at the heart of the curriculum and staff have high expectations for every child. This means that every child's needs are planned for effectively and every child makes progress from their individual starting points. Children start the day with positivity. Staff encourage children to stretch their bodies and practise breathing exercises. Children excitedly try out the 'warrior' pose and shout out that they are 'ready to start the day'. Children are curious and have a positive attitude to play and learning. They concentrate well during their chosen activities. Children enjoy making 'magical' potions using water and flower petals. They test out their ideas as they pour the water into bottles and consider if they need more or less.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve the hygiene arrangements at nap time to make sure that children are consistently protected against germs and infection n improve teaching for children who need extra support with their communication and language to ensure that agreed strategies are always fully understood and implemented.
- 19 June 2023Good
- 28 January 2020Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Wind In The Willows Portsmouth Ltd
- What it costs
- 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.
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