Full-day nursery in Merry Oak, Southampton
Nursery @ Itchen College
Middle Road, Bitterne, Southampton, SO19 7TB · 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 February 2001Reference 131604Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record2 inspectionslatest 30 September 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places47 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
Inspection history (2)
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Middle Road, Bitterne, Southampton, SO19 7TB · More nurseries in SO19
Stations
- Sholing22 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Itchen College, Deacon Road and Merryoak Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Veracity Recreation Ground7 min walk
- Freemantle Common9 min walk
- Donkey Common12 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground12 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 Southampton there are about 3.2 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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Nursery @ Itchen College is a full-day nursery at Middle Road, Bitterne, Southampton, SO19 7TB, in Merry Oak, Southampton. It is registered for 47 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 2 reviews (November 2026).
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| Nursery @ Itchen CollegeThis 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
- Sholing Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.1 miles
- Sholing Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 0.2 miles
- Bitterne Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected February 2025 0.4 miles
- Thornhill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.6 miles
- Glenfield Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.6 miles
- St Monica Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.7 miles
- Beechwood Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.7 miles
- Ludlow Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 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 Nursery @ Itchen College's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Nursery @ Itchen College Good at its inspection on 30 September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Nursery @ Itchen College take?
Nursery @ Itchen College is registered with Ofsted for up to 47 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Nursery @ Itchen College?
Sholing is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Nursery @ Itchen College?
You can call 023 8044 4544 and visit www.itchen.ac.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 131604 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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