Full-day nursery in Hilsea, Portsmouth
Little Lambs Nursery
70 The Ridings, Portsmouth, PO2 0UF · 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
70 The Ridings, Portsmouth, PO2 0UF · More nurseries in PO2
Stations
- Hilsea12 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Beechwood Road, Hilsea Park and Old London Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Gatcombe Gardens2 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground9 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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Little Lambs Nursery is a full-day nursery at 70 The Ridings, Portsmouth, PO2 0UF, in Hilsea, Portsmouth. It is registered for 46 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Gatcombe Park Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 under 0.1 miles
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.3 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 0.3 miles
- Cliffdale Primary Academy ages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.3 miles
- Mayfield School All-throughages 4–16Ofsted: Inadequateinspected November 2022 0.4 miles
- King's Academy College Park (Junior) Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.7 miles
- King's Academy College Park (Infant) Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.7 miles
- Highbury Primary School Primaryages 0–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.8 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 Lambs Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Lambs Nursery Good at its inspection on 1 April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Lambs Nursery take?
Little Lambs Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 46 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Lambs Nursery?
Hilsea is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Lambs Nursery?
You can call 07305 364326 and visit littlelambsportsmouth.co.uk.
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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 2770460 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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