Full-day nursery in Southsea, Portsmouth
Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery
Merlin House, 19 Villiers Road, SOUTHSEA, PO5 2NR · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Merlin House, 19 Villiers Road, SOUTHSEA, PO5 2NR · More nurseries in PO5
Stations
- Southsea Hoverport18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including The Circle, Mayville High School and The Rock Gardens.
Parks and playgrounds
- Clarendon Gardens1 min walk
- Southsea Common2 min walk
- Wimbledon Park5 min walk
- Castle Field6 min walk
- Waverley Gardens7 min walk
- Playground6 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.
What parents say
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Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery is a full-day nursery at Merlin House, 19 Villiers Road, SOUTHSEA, PO5 2NR, in Southsea, Portsmouth. It is registered for 80 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Leapfrog Nursery School Limited.
Run by Leapfrog Nursery School Limited (school), which runs 3 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
- Mayville High School ages 2–16has a nursery class 0.2 miles
- St Swithun's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.2 miles
- Southsea Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- Portsmouth High School GDST ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- Craneswater Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.6 miles
- Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- Bramble Infant School and Nursery Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.8 miles
- St Jude's CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Concerns)inspected July 2024 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 Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 1 June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery take?
Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 80 children at any one time.
Who runs Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery?
Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery is run by Leapfrog Nursery School Limited, which runs 3 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery?
Southsea Hoverport is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery?
You can call 023 9200 3125 and visit www.leapfrognursery.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY461909 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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