Woodlands Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Southampton for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:15 to 16:15, 5 days a week. £7.50 an hour for 2 year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2023. Open since 2000, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 year olds2y to 3y | £7.50£7.50 for 2 year olds | |
| 3/4 year olds3y to 4y | £6.50£6.50 an hour for 3/4 year olds |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £40.00 non-refundable administration feenot refundable, includes a tour and 2 settling in sessions for up to 3
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £0.39 an hour 0-14 hours claimed 39p per hour
- £35.00 a term 15 hours claimed £35 per half term
- £56.00 a term 16-30 hours claimed £56 per half term
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
3 year old funding.
Worth knowing. Enhanced provision charge once your child is eligible for 3 year old funding: 0-14 hours claimed 39p per hour, 15 hours claimed £35 per half term, 16-30 hours claimed £56 per half term.
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
SO40 7GEWhat 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, 21 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are keen to learn. They enthusiastically engage in the interesting learning experiences and activities. They form strong relationships with their key person and other staff, who all know the children very well. This helps all staff support children's care and learning. Children confidently learn to do things for themselves.
They generally behave well and staff mostly provide consistent guidance. Staff skilfully weave teaching into their interactions with children to promote their learning. For instance, staff developed children's mathematical understanding at snack time. Children cut up fruit into 'halves', counted spoonfuls of oats, and set the microwave time to cook their porridge. Outside, children filled plastic syringes with water and estimated how far and high the water would travel when squirted.
This continued the development of their mathematical understanding and small physical skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance staff's awareness of consistently promoting children's understanding of the behaviour expectations n build on leaders' oversight of the pre-school to maintain and enhance the quality of provision and practice further.
- 21 November 2023Good
- 5 January 2023Needs improvement
- 18 July 2022Inadequate
- 17 June 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Woodlands Pre-School
- Meals
- Nappies
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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.