Full-day nursery in Chilworth, Hampshire
Bracken Place Day Nursery
3 Bracken Place, Chilworth, Southampton, SO16 3NG · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since July 2000Reference 511326Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 20 January 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places96 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 11 June 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
3 Bracken Place, Chilworth, Southampton, SO16 3NG · More nurseries in SO16
Buses
3 bus stops within 400 m, including Birch Road and Hilton Hotel.
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Hampshire there are about 2.7 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Bracken Place Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 3 Bracken Place, Chilworth, Southampton, SO16 3NG, in Chilworth, Hampshire. It is registered for 96 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.0 from 4 reviews (October 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Hardmoor Nursery & Early Years Centre - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Nurseryages 0–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.8 miles
- Nightingale Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.9 miles
- Stoneham Park Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 1.1 miles
- Vermont School ages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected June 2025 1.2 miles
- Bassett Green Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.2 miles
- Swaythling Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.4 miles
- St Francis Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2024 1.6 miles
- Highfield Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2022 1.6 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Bracken Place Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bracken Place Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 20 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bracken Place Day Nursery take?
Bracken Place Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 96 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Bracken Place Day Nursery?
Swaythling is the nearest station we know of, 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bracken Place Day Nursery?
You can call 07557 359270 and visit www.brackenplacedaynursery.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 511326 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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