Full-day nursery in Eastleigh, Hampshire
First Friends Day Nursery - Eastleigh
First Friends Day Nursery, Grantham Road, Eastleigh, SO50 5PU · 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
First Friends Day Nursery, Grantham Road, Eastleigh, SO50 5PU · More nurseries in SO50
Stations
- Eastleigh8 min walk · 0.3 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Campbell Road, Derby Road and All Saints Church.
Parks and playgrounds
- Grantham Green8 min walk
- Leigh Road Recreation Ground9 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- 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.
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First Friends Day Nursery - Eastleigh is a full-day nursery at First Friends Day Nursery, Grantham Road, Eastleigh, SO50 5PU, in Eastleigh, Hampshire. It is registered for 52 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (October 2026). It is run by First Friends Limited.
Run by First Friends Limited (company), which runs 6 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
- Cherbourg Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.3 miles
- Norwood Primary & Pre-School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.3 miles
- The Crescent Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.5 miles
- Shakespeare Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2023 0.9 miles
- Shakespeare Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.0 miles
- Stoneham Park Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 1.1 miles
- Stoke Park Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 1.1 miles
- Stoke Park Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 1.2 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 First Friends Day Nursery - Eastleigh's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated First Friends Day Nursery - Eastleigh Good at its inspection on 22 February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can First Friends Day Nursery - Eastleigh take?
First Friends Day Nursery - Eastleigh is registered with Ofsted for up to 52 children at any one time.
Who runs First Friends Day Nursery - Eastleigh?
First Friends Day Nursery - Eastleigh is run by First Friends Limited, which runs 6 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to First Friends Day Nursery - Eastleigh?
Eastleigh is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact First Friends Day Nursery - Eastleigh?
You can call 07494 990013 and visit www.firstfriendsltd.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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY558651 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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