Full-day nursery in West End, Hampshire
Growing Places @ Merryfields
Growing Places @ Merryfields, St Annes Grove, Fareham, PO14 1JJ · 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
Growing Places @ Merryfields, St Annes Grove, Fareham, PO14 1JJ · More nurseries in PO14
Stations
- Fareham13 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Fairfield Avenue and St Johns Church.
Parks and playgrounds
- Gillies Park11 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 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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Growing Places @ Merryfields is a full-day nursery at Growing Places @ Merryfields, St Annes Grove, Fareham, PO14 1JJ, in West End, Hampshire. It is registered for 48 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2021, 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 Community Childcare Centres.
Run by Community Childcare Centres (company), which runs 6 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing Places @ MerryfieldsThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Wallisdean Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.2 miles
- Wallisdean Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.3 miles
- St Jude's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.4 miles
- Redlands Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.5 miles
- Ranvilles Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.8 miles
- Ranvilles Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Outstandinginspected March 2023 0.8 miles
- St Francis Special School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.9 miles
- Heathfield Special School ages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 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 Growing Places @ Merryfields's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Growing Places @ Merryfields Good at its inspection on 9 June 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Growing Places @ Merryfields take?
Growing Places @ Merryfields is registered with Ofsted for up to 48 children at any one time.
Who runs Growing Places @ Merryfields?
Growing Places @ Merryfields is run by Community Childcare Centres, which runs 6 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Growing Places @ Merryfields?
Fareham is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Growing Places @ Merryfields?
You can call 01329 230000 and visit growingplaces.org.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 EY557747 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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