Sessional pre-school in Thornhill, Southampton
Brambles Community Pre-school
Thornhill Primary School, Byron Road, Southampton, SO19 6FH · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Thornhill Primary School, Byron Road, Southampton, SO19 6FH · More nurseries in SO19
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Byron Road, Tatwin Crescent and Springwell School.
Parks and playgrounds
- Donkey Common4 min walk
- Hinkler Park11 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Somerset Avenue Playground12 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, 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 Southampton there are about 3.2 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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Brambles Community Pre-school is a sessional pre-school at Thornhill Primary School, Byron Road, Southampton, SO19 6FH, in Thornhill, Southampton. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brambles Community Pre-schoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Thornhill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 under 0.1 miles
- Springwell School ages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected June 2023 0.2 miles
- Kanes Hill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected December 2022 0.6 miles
- Harefield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected March 2024 0.7 miles
- Hightown Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.8 miles
- Sholing Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.8 miles
- Sholing Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 0.8 miles
- Bitterne Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected February 2025 0.9 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 Brambles Community Pre-school's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Brambles Community Pre-school Good at its inspection on 23 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Brambles Community Pre-school take?
Brambles Community Pre-school is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Brambles Community Pre-school?
Sholing is the nearest station we know of, 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Brambles Community Pre-school?
You can call 023 8091 7637 and visit www.bramblespreschool.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 November 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2648058 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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