Full-day nursery in Newtown, Hampshire
Doves Nursery
1 Stoke Road, Gosport, PO12 1LT · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since July 1996Reference 110125Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 26 February 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places54 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 4 August 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
1 Stoke Road, Gosport, PO12 1LT · More nurseries in PO12
Stations
- Portsmouth Harbour24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Methodist Church, Walpole Park and Waitrose.
Parks and playgrounds
- Walpole Park2 min walk
- Walpole Park3 min walk
- Leesland Park10 min walk
- Gosport Park10 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground8 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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Doves Nursery is a full-day nursery at 1 Stoke Road, Gosport, PO12 1LT, in Newtown, Hampshire. It is registered for 54 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (October 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
- Newtown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.3 miles
- Haselworth Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected November 2024 0.4 miles
- Leesland Church of England Controlled Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.6 miles
- Leesland Church of England Controlled Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.6 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.9 miles
- St John's, Gosport Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected July 2024 0.9 miles
- Alverstoke Church of England Aided Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2022 0.9 miles
- Alverstoke Community Infant and Pre-School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 1.1 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 Doves Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Doves Nursery Good at its inspection on 26 February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Doves Nursery take?
Doves Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 54 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Doves Nursery?
Portsmouth Harbour is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Doves Nursery?
You can call 023 9242 5281 and visit www.dovesdaynurserygosport.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 110125 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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