Sessional pre-school in Sholing, Southampton
Sholing Community Centre Pre-School
Butts Road, Southampton, SO19 1BN · 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
Thanks. We count every request and show the nursery how many parents are asking.
Estimate a monthly cost with the council area's typical day rate
Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Butts Road, Southampton, SO19 1BN · More nurseries in SO19
Stations
- Sholing19 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Butts Road Tesco, Landseer Road and Bisley Court.
Parks and playgrounds
- Sholing Green6 min walk
- Sholing Village Green6 min walk
- Purvis Gardens6 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground9 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
Reviews on Toddly
Be the first parent to review Sholing Community Centre Pre-School
Reviews come from parents who sign in, and a person reads each one before it goes live. How reviews work
Write a reviewAbout Sholing Community Centre Pre-School
Sholing Community Centre Pre-School is a sessional pre-school at Butts Road, Southampton, SO19 1BN, in Sholing, Southampton. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (November 2026).
Compare nurseries nearby
| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sholing Community Centre Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Hopscotch Day Nursery (Sholing) LtdFull-day nursery | Report card 2025 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.1 miles |
| Valentine Primary School NurseryFull-day nursery | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.2 miles |
| St Francis Pre SchoolSessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.2 miles |
| Hayfield Forest SchoolFull-day nursery | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Happy Bunnies Pre-SchoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Paint Pots Preschool & NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Valentine Primary School & Nursery Primaryages 0–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.3 miles
- St Monica Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.4 miles
- Sholing Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 0.6 miles
- Weston Park Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.7 miles
- Sholing Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.7 miles
- Springwell School ages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected June 2023 0.7 miles
- Thornhill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.7 miles
- Hightown Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
Got a question? Ask and get an answer straight away.
What is Sholing Community Centre Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sholing Community Centre Pre-School Good at its inspection on 12 May 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sholing Community Centre Pre-School take?
Sholing Community Centre Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Sholing Community Centre Pre-School?
Sholing is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Sholing Community Centre Pre-School?
You can call 023 8039 9979.
Tools for parents in Southampton
- Childcare cost calculatorMonthly cost with funded hours
- Funded hours checkerWhich schemes you qualify for
- Funded hours start dateWhen your child's hours begin
- Tax-Free Childcare calculatorThe 20% top-up on your bill
- Visit checklist for this nurseryPrintable questions, pre-filled
- Cost of nursery in SouthamptonFees by age in Southampton
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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 131556 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
Is this your nursery? Claim it free to correct details, add photos and answer parents' questions.
Claim it free