Full-day nursery in Whiteley, Hampshire
Buttercups Nursery School Ltd
C/O Whiteley Community Centre, Gull Coppice, Whiteley, Fareham, PO15 7LA · 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
C/O Whiteley Community Centre, Gull Coppice, Whiteley, Fareham, PO15 7LA · More nurseries in PO15
Stations
- Swanwick13 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
3 bus stops within 400 m, including Primary School and Solent Hotel.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Green6 min walk
- Meadowside Recreation Ground7 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Saffron Way play area playground7 min walk
- Caraway play area playground8 min walk
- Oak Coppice Road Playground9 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 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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Buttercups Nursery School Ltd is a full-day nursery at C/O Whiteley Community Centre, Gull Coppice, Whiteley, Fareham, PO15 7LA, in Whiteley, Hampshire. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 4 reviews (November 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
- Whiteley Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected July 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Cornerstone CofE (VA) Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected November 2024 0.8 miles
- Park Gate Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.9 miles
- Sarisbury Church of England Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 1.3 miles
- Sarisbury Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 1.6 miles
- St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 1.7 miles
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.7 miles
- Brookfield Community School Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 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 Buttercups Nursery School Ltd's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Buttercups Nursery School Ltd Good at its inspection on 21 August 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Buttercups Nursery School Ltd take?
Buttercups Nursery School Ltd is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Buttercups Nursery School Ltd?
Swanwick is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Buttercups Nursery School Ltd?
You can call 01489 881802 and visit www.buttercupsnurseryschool.co.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 EY226083 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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