Full-day nursery in Southsea, Portsmouth
Rainbow Corner Nursery School
42 Victoria Road North, Southsea, PO5 1PX · 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 August 1990Reference 143530Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 10 March 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places60 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 14 July 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
42 Victoria Road North, Southsea, PO5 1PX · More nurseries in PO5
Stations
- Fratton13 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Portsmouth & Southsea17 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Southsea Hoverport21 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
18 bus stops within 400 m, including Elm Grove, Outram Road and Lorne Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Britannia Park5 min walk
- Somerstown Community Park8 min walk
- Omega Park11 min walk
- Waverley Gardens11 min walk
- Wimbledon Park12 min walk
- Playground5 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 Portsmouth there are about 3.3 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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Rainbow Corner Nursery School is a full-day nursery at 42 Victoria Road North, Southsea, PO5 1PX, in Southsea, Portsmouth. It is registered for 60 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 18 reviews (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Corner Nursery SchoolThis 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
- Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 0.2 miles
- Southsea Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.3 miles
- Bramble Infant School and Nursery Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.3 miles
- Ark Ayrton Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2024 0.4 miles
- St Swithun's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.5 miles
- Portsmouth High School GDST ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- Devonshire Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.5 miles
- Craneswater Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.6 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 Rainbow Corner Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Rainbow Corner Nursery School Good at its inspection on 10 March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Rainbow Corner Nursery School take?
Rainbow Corner Nursery School is registered with Ofsted for up to 60 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Rainbow Corner Nursery School?
Fratton is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Rainbow Corner Nursery School?
You can call 023 9282 4538 and visit rainbowcorner.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 October 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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 143530 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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