Sessional pre-school in Freemantle, Southampton
Paint Pots Preschool @ St Marks
St. Marks C of E Junior School, Stafford Road, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5TE · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
St. Marks C of E Junior School, Stafford Road, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5TE · More nurseries in SO15
Stations
- Millbrook (Hants)14 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Southampton Central18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Paynes Road, St Mark's School and Stafford Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Friends of the Field - Shirley Playing Fields1 min walk
- Freemantle Lake Park8 min walk
- Southampton Common10 min walk
- Rollesbrook Greenway12 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 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 @ St Marks is a sessional pre-school at St. Marks C of E Junior School, Stafford Road, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5TE, in Freemantle, Southampton. It is registered for 31 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. 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 @ St MarksThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Paint Pots Preschool & NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.3 miles |
| Sunshine Pre-School and Day NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.3 miles |
| Paint Pots Preschool & NurseryFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Bright Horizons Southampton Day Nursery and PreschoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Paint Pots Preschool And NurserySessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
| Foundry Lane PreschoolSessional pre-school | Report card 2025 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Mark's Church of England School All-throughages 4–16Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 under 0.1 miles
- Freemantle Church of England Community Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.3 miles
- Springhill Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected March 2022 0.4 miles
- Foundry Lane Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected January 2022 0.5 miles
- Banister Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.6 miles
- Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.7 miles
- Shirley Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.9 miles
- Shirley Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.9 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 @ St Marks's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Paint Pots Preschool @ St Marks Outstanding at its inspection on 21 September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Paint Pots Preschool @ St Marks take?
Paint Pots Preschool @ St Marks is registered with Ofsted for up to 31 children at any one time.
Who runs Paint Pots Preschool @ St Marks?
Paint Pots Preschool @ St Marks is run by Paint Pots Pre-School & Nursery Limited, which runs 13 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Paint Pots Preschool @ St Marks?
Millbrook (Hants) is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY427548 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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