Full-day nursery in Elson, Hampshire
Little Explorers Nursery and Pre-school Ltd
Unit F1 Heritage Business Park, Heritage Way, Gosport, PO12 4BG · 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 July 2012Reference EY448927Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record2 inspectionslatest 3 March 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places145 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 10 September 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Inspection history (2)
Fees
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
Unit F1 Heritage Business Park, Heritage Way, Gosport, PO12 4BG · More nurseries in PO12
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
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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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Little Explorers Nursery and Pre-school Ltd is a full-day nursery at Unit F1 Heritage Business Park, Heritage Way, Gosport, PO12 4BG, in Elson, Hampshire. It is registered for 145 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.3 from 9 reviews (October 2026).
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Elson Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.5 miles
- Elson Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.5 miles
- King's Academy Rowner Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.6 miles
- Rowner Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- Brockhurst Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.8 miles
- Bedenham Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.9 miles
- St John's, Gosport Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected July 2024 1.0 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 Explorers Nursery and Pre-school Ltd's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Explorers Nursery and Pre-school Ltd Good at its inspection on 3 March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Explorers Nursery and Pre-school Ltd take?
Little Explorers Nursery and Pre-school Ltd is registered with Ofsted for up to 145 children at any one time.
How do I contact Little Explorers Nursery and Pre-school Ltd?
You can call 023 9252 2614 and visit www.little-explorers-nursery.com.
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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.
- © 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY448927 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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