Full-day nursery in Crookhorn, Hampshire
Growing Places @ Morelands
Morelands Primary School, Crookhorn Lane, WATERLOOVILLE, PO7 5QL · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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 June 2008Reference EY374028Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 20 December 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places48 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 17 March 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
Morelands Primary School, Crookhorn Lane, WATERLOOVILLE, PO7 5QL · More nurseries in PO7
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Morelands School, Crookhorn Precinct and Portsmouth Golf Course.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground11 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 @ Morelands is a full-day nursery at Morelands Primary School, Crookhorn Lane, WATERLOOVILLE, PO7 5QL, in Crookhorn, Hampshire. It is registered for 48 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.4 from 8 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 @ MorelandsThis nursery | Outstanding | 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
- Morelands Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 under 0.1 miles
- Riverside Community Special School ages 3–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.4 miles
- Solent Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected May 2025 0.8 miles
- Purbrook Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected January 2025 0.8 miles
- Purbrook Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.8 miles
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Waterlooville Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.8 miles
- Solent Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.8 miles
- Mill Hill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 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 Growing Places @ Morelands's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Growing Places @ Morelands Outstanding at its inspection on 20 December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Growing Places @ Morelands take?
Growing Places @ Morelands is registered with Ofsted for up to 48 children at any one time.
Who runs Growing Places @ Morelands?
Growing Places @ Morelands is run by Community Childcare Centres, which runs 6 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Growing Places @ Morelands?
Bedhampton is the nearest station we know of, 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Growing Places @ Morelands?
You can call 023 9224 1798 and visit www.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
- 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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY374028 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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