Sessional pre-school in Nichols Town, Southampton
Dingley Family And Specialist Early Years Centres
Newtown Adventure Playground Building, Northumberland Road, Southampton, SO14 0EL · 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
Newtown Adventure Playground Building, Northumberland Road, Southampton, SO14 0EL · More nurseries in SO14
Stations
- St Denys17 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Bitterne19 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
3 bus stops within 400 m, including Princes Street and Britannia Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Asylum Green10 min walk
- East (Andrews) Park11 min walk
- Rockstone Place Park12 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 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.
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Dingley Family And Specialist Early Years Centres is a sessional pre-school at Newtown Adventure Playground Building, Northumberland Road, Southampton, SO14 0EL, in Nichols Town, Southampton. It is registered for 10 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Dingley Family and Specialist Early Years Centres.
Run by Dingley Family and Specialist Early Years Centres (company), which runs 12 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Mount Pleasant Infants Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Mount Pleasant Juniors Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected June 2023 0.2 miles
- Bevois Town Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected February 2024 0.5 miles
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.5 miles
- Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.7 miles
- Banister Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.8 miles
- Hope Community School Southampton Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.8 miles
- The Gregg Preparatory School ages 4–11 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 Dingley Family And Specialist Early Years Centres's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Dingley Family And Specialist Early Years Centres Good at its inspection on 3 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Dingley Family And Specialist Early Years Centres take?
Dingley Family And Specialist Early Years Centres is registered with Ofsted for up to 10 children at any one time.
Who runs Dingley Family And Specialist Early Years Centres?
Dingley Family And Specialist Early Years Centres is run by Dingley Family and Specialist Early Years Centres, which runs 12 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Dingley Family And Specialist Early Years Centres?
St Denys is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2732317 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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