Full-day nursery in Kingston, Portsmouth
'Little Thinkers' at New Horizons Portsmouth
Wymering Road, North End, Portsmouth, PO2 7HX · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Requires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Leadership and managementRequires improvement
- 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
Wymering Road, North End, Portsmouth, PO2 7HX · More nurseries in PO2
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Lord Chichester, Beresford Road and Kensington Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground10 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 Thinkers' at New Horizons Portsmouth is a full-day nursery at Wymering Road, North End, Portsmouth, PO2 7HX, in Kingston, Portsmouth. It is registered for 87 children. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.8 from 5 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Little Thinkers Pre-School & Nursery.
Run by Little Thinkers Pre-School & Nursery (school), which runs 7 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
- New Horizons Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2023 0.1 miles
- Penbridge Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.3 miles
- King's Academy College Park (Infant) Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 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 0.4 miles
- Copnor Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 0.4 miles
- Manor Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- The Flying Bull Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.5 miles
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.5 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 Thinkers' at New Horizons Portsmouth's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated 'Little Thinkers' at New Horizons Portsmouth Requires improvement at its inspection on 31 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can 'Little Thinkers' at New Horizons Portsmouth take?
'Little Thinkers' at New Horizons Portsmouth is registered with Ofsted for up to 87 children at any one time.
Who runs 'Little Thinkers' at New Horizons Portsmouth?
'Little Thinkers' at New Horizons Portsmouth is run by Little Thinkers Pre-School & Nursery, which runs 7 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to 'Little Thinkers' at New Horizons Portsmouth?
Fratton is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact 'Little Thinkers' at New Horizons Portsmouth?
You can call 0333 360 2261 and visit littlethinkers.org.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY295936 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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