Woodside Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Waterlooville for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £75.00 a day for 3 months to 3 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2012, with 90 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months to 3 years3m to 3y | £75.00 | £37.50Currently available for 3-18 months ONLY | £375.00FULL WEEK | |
| 3 to 5 years3y to 5y | £75.00 | – | £337.50from the term after their 3rd birthday £375.00FULL WEEK |
Discounts
- £18.00 a day SIBLING DISCOUNTPer day for the second child until their sibling leaves for school
Funded hours
Government childcare funding for children aged 9 months and over; 30 hours free early education entitlement from age 3 onwards.
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
PO7 5RTWhat 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.
- 30 June 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 4 December 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 16 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and content at this welcoming nursery. They enjoy playing with their friends and choosing from a range of interesting activities, both inside and outside. Babies confidently explore their surroundings in the relaxed and peaceful baby room. They strengthen their fingers and hands in readiness for their next stages in learning. For example, they play with resources to pull, push, turn and make other movements. They grin as their actions turn on lights and make sounds.
Toddlers engage in activities that support their early literacy skills, making marks on large blackboards with chalk. They make big vertical movements with their arms as they draw 'spiders', excitedly counting the legs they have drawn.
Children are developing good communication and language skills. They have opportunities to develop a love of books. Children in the toddler room listen to favourite stories and join in familiar phrases, such as 'under it and over it'. Babies hear new words through songs and rhymes. This helps to extend their vocabulary.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- continue to embed the new curriculum across the nursery to help all children make the best possible progress n refine the professional development programme for staff to improve the quality of teaching to the highest level n support all staff to be consistent in reinforcing rules and boundaries so that children understand what is expected of them.
- 16 February 2023Good
- 24 July 2017Good
- 10 January 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Woodside Nursery School
- Meals
- 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 £75.00 a day 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.
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