Full-day nursery in Highbury, Portsmouth
Highbury Nursery & Day Care
Dovercourt Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 2RZ · 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 September 2005Reference EY315368Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 2 May 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places10 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 12 November 2025Food 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
Dovercourt Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 2RZ · More nurseries in PO6
Stations
- Cosham11 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Hilsea16 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Dovercourt Road, Wembley Grove and Chatsworth Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Drayton Park7 min walk
- Cosham Park10 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground10 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 Portsmouth there are about 3.3 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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Highbury Nursery & Day Care is a full-day nursery at Dovercourt Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 2RZ, in Highbury, Portsmouth. It is registered for 10 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Highbury Primary School Primaryages 0–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Court Lane Infant Academy Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.5 miles
- Court Lane Junior Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.5 miles
- Gatcombe Park Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.7 miles
- Medina Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.9 miles
- Portsdown Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.9 miles
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 1.0 miles
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 1.0 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Highbury Nursery & Day Care's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Highbury Nursery & Day Care Good at its inspection on 2 May 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Highbury Nursery & Day Care take?
Highbury Nursery & Day Care is registered with Ofsted for up to 10 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Highbury Nursery & Day Care?
Cosham is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 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
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY315368 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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