Full-day nursery in Bitterne, Southampton
Brook Early Years
Brook Early Years, Juniper Road, Southampton, SO18 4EG · 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
Brook Early Years, Juniper Road, Southampton, SO18 4EG · More nurseries in SO18
Stations
- Bitterne10 min walk · 0.4 miles
- St Denys23 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Huntly Way, Midanbury Lane and Lance's Hill.
Parks and playgrounds
- Freemantle Common9 min walk
- McArthur Park12 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- 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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Brook Early Years is a full-day nursery at Brook Early Years, Juniper Road, Southampton, SO18 4EG, in Bitterne, Southampton. It is registered for 52 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.9 from 43 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brook Early YearsThis 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
- Beechwood Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 under 0.1 miles
- CHARLTON HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.2 miles
- Glenfield Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.2 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 0.4 miles
- Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- Moorlands Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.8 miles
- Sholing Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.8 miles
- Harefield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected March 2024 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 Brook Early Years's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Brook Early Years Good at its inspection on 14 September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Brook Early Years take?
Brook Early Years is registered with Ofsted for up to 52 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Brook Early Years?
Bitterne is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Brook Early Years?
You can call 023 8033 2557 and visit www.brookearlyyears.org.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2590821 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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