Sessional pre-school in Eastleigh, Hampshire
Little Wisp Town
Guide HQ, 1 Hoddinott Road, Eastleigh, SO50 5SN · 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 October 2020Reference 2610806Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 7 September 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places40 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 13 October 2021Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Guide HQ, 1 Hoddinott Road, Eastleigh, SO50 5SN · More nurseries in SO50
Stations
- Eastleigh14 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Tennyson Road and Sopwith Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Pirelli Park2 min walk
- Grantham Green3 min walk
- Leigh Road Recreation Ground9 min walk
- Fleming Park Parkland10 min walk
- Pirelli Playground2 min walk
- Playground4 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 Wisp Town is a sessional pre-school at Guide HQ, 1 Hoddinott Road, Eastleigh, SO50 5SN, in Eastleigh, Hampshire. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026). It is run by Willow The Wisp Ltd.
Run by Willow The Wisp Ltd (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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| Little Wisp TownThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Norwood Primary & Pre-School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.3 miles
- The Crescent Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.3 miles
- Cherbourg Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.4 miles
- Shakespeare Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2023 0.8 miles
- Nightingale Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.8 miles
- Shakespeare Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.9 miles
- Stoneham Park Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.9 miles
- St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School, Chandlers Ford Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 1.2 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 Little Wisp Town's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Wisp Town Good at its inspection on 7 September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Wisp Town take?
Little Wisp Town is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
Who runs Little Wisp Town?
Little Wisp Town is run by Willow The Wisp Ltd, which runs 3 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Little Wisp Town?
Eastleigh is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Wisp Town?
You can call 07738 039999 and visit www.willowthewispltd.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
- 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2610806 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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