Full-day nursery in Cowplain, Hampshire
Padnell Pre-School
Padnell Infant School, Padnell Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8DS · 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
Padnell Infant School, Padnell Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8DS · More nurseries in PO8
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Hazleton Way, Padnell Avenue and Cowplain Shops.
Parks and playgrounds
- 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 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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Padnell Pre-School is a full-day nursery at Padnell Infant School, Padnell Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8DS, in Cowplain, Hampshire. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 6 reviews (November 2026).
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| Padnell Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Padnell Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Padnell Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Queen's Inclosure Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.5 miles
- Hart Plain Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 0.7 miles
- Hart Plain Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected June 2025 0.8 miles
- Woodcroft Primary Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.9 miles
- Rachel Madocks School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 1.0 miles
- Jubilee School ages 5–16 1.0 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 Padnell Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Padnell Pre-School Good at its inspection on 2 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Padnell Pre-School take?
Padnell Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
How do I contact Padnell Pre-School?
You can call 023 9225 3758 and visit www.padnellpreschool.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 EY437909 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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