Full-day nursery in Bevois Valley, Southampton
Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery
Paint Pots House, 1 Spring Crescent, Portswood, Southampton, SO17 2FZ · 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
Paint Pots House, 1 Spring Crescent, Portswood, Southampton, SO17 2FZ · More nurseries in SO17
Stations
- St Denys7 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Bitterne19 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Spring Crescent, Waitrose and Forster Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Lawn road recreational park2 min walk
- Ascupart Garden3 min walk
- Lawn road open space3 min walk
- Southampton Common12 min walk
- Asylum Green12 min walk
- Lawn road playground3 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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Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery is a full-day nursery at Paint Pots House, 1 Spring Crescent, Portswood, Southampton, SO17 2FZ, in Bevois Valley, Southampton. It is registered for 64 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.0 from 28 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Paint Pots Pre-School & Nursery Limited.
Run by Paint Pots Pre-School & Nursery Limited (school), which runs 13 nurseries.
Compare nurseries nearby
| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paint Pots Preschool & NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Hopscotch Day Nurseries (Portswood) LtdFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.3 miles |
| Bevois Town Community Pre-School (With extended Day Care Provisions)Full-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.3 miles |
| Bright Horizons Portswood Day Nursery and PreschoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Dingley Family And Specialist Early Years CentresSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
| Sticky Fingers Pre-School PortswoodSessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
| New Forest Child Care CIC BanisterSessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.8 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Bevois Town Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected February 2024 0.3 miles
- The Gregg Preparatory School ages 4–11 0.4 miles
- Mount Pleasant Juniors Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected June 2023 0.4 miles
- St Denys Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.5 miles
- Mount Pleasant Infants Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 0.6 miles
- Portswood Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.7 miles
- Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.8 miles
- Banister Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 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 Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery Good at its inspection on 6 April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery take?
Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 64 children at any one time.
Who runs Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery?
Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery is run by Paint Pots Pre-School & Nursery Limited, which runs 13 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery?
St Denys is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery?
You can call 023 8001 8749 and visit www.paintpotsnursery.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 EY480301 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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