Full-day nursery in Crosshouse, Southampton
Play Away Day Nurseries Ltd
Andersons Road, Southampton, SO14 5FE · 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
Andersons Road, Southampton, SO14 5FE · More nurseries in SO14
Stations
- Woolston17 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Itchen Bridge West, Ocean Village and Anglesea Terrace.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Compass Park5 min walk
- Queen's Park6 min walk
- Vokes Memorial Park8 min walk
- Hoglands Park9 min walk
- Houndwell Park12 min walk
- Playground2 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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Play Away Day Nurseries Ltd is a full-day nursery at Andersons Road, Southampton, SO14 5FE, in Crosshouse, Southampton. It is registered for 102 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.1 from 28 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Play Away Day Nurseries Limited.
Run by Play Away Day Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 7 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Hope Community School Southampton Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.3 miles
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.5 miles
- St John's Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.5 miles
- Woolston Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.8 miles
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected April 2025 0.9 miles
- Ludlow Infant Academy Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.9 miles
- Ludlow Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 1.0 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 1.0 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 Play Away Day Nurseries Ltd's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Play Away Day Nurseries Ltd Good at its inspection on 22 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Play Away Day Nurseries Ltd take?
Play Away Day Nurseries Ltd is registered with Ofsted for up to 102 children at any one time.
Who runs Play Away Day Nurseries Ltd?
Play Away Day Nurseries Ltd is run by Play Away Day Nurseries Limited, which runs 7 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Play Away Day Nurseries Ltd?
Woolston is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Play Away Day Nurseries Ltd?
You can call 0330 333 1080 and visit www.playawaydaynurseries.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 EY229821 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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