Full-day nursery in Charlton, Hampshire
Charlton & District Playgroup
St. Thomas Church, Charlton, ANDOVER, SP10 4AN · 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
St. Thomas Church, Charlton, ANDOVER, SP10 4AN · More nurseries in SP10
Stations
- Andover18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including Royal Oak, Foxcotte Close and Wetherby Gardens.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Charlton Sports Centre Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Saxon Fields playground10 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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Charlton & District Playgroup is a full-day nursery at St. Thomas Church, Charlton, ANDOVER, SP10 4AN, in Charlton, Hampshire. It is registered for 38 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 7 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
- Knights Enham Nursery and Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.8 miles
- The Knights Enham Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.8 miles
- Portway Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.9 miles
- Portway Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Outstandinginspected May 2024 0.9 miles
- Roman Way Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 1.0 miles
- Rookwood School ages 2–19has a nursery class 1.1 miles
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Andover Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 1.2 miles
- Balksbury Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 1.3 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Charlton & District Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Charlton & District Playgroup Good at its inspection on 24 April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Charlton & District Playgroup take?
Charlton & District Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 38 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Charlton & District Playgroup?
Andover is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Charlton & District Playgroup?
You can call 07979 841318 and visit www.charltonanddistrictplaygroup.org.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 511329 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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