Full-day nursery in Elson, Hampshire
Little Barn Owls Pre-School
Treehouse Community building, Elson Lane, Gosport, PO12 4EU · 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
Treehouse Community building, Elson Lane, Gosport, PO12 4EU · More nurseries in PO12
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Elson Lane, Worthing Avenue and Torquay Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 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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Little Barn Owls Pre-School is a full-day nursery at Treehouse Community building, Elson Lane, Gosport, PO12 4EU, in Elson, Hampshire. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Oaktree Family Group Ltd.
Run by Oaktree Family Group Ltd (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Elson Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Elson Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.1 miles
- Brockhurst Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- St John's, Gosport Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected July 2024 0.6 miles
- King's Academy Rowner Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.9 miles
- Rowner Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.9 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.9 miles
- Grange Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.1 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 Little Barn Owls Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Barn Owls Pre-School Good at its inspection on 15 September 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Barn Owls Pre-School take?
Little Barn Owls Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
Who runs Little Barn Owls Pre-School?
Little Barn Owls Pre-School is run by Oaktree Family Group Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
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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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY548189 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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