Full-day nursery in Highfield, Southampton
Southampton University Early Years Centre
Building 41, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ · 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Building 41, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ · More nurseries in SO17
Stations
- St Denys22 min walk · 0.9 miles
- Swaythling24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Jubilee Sports Hall, Highfield Interchange and Centenary Building.
Parks and playgrounds
- Engineering Square2 min walk
- Southampton Common6 min walk
- Portswood Rec7 min walk
- Daisy Dip Park12 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
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Southampton University Early Years Centre is a full-day nursery at Building 41, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, in Highfield, Southampton. It is registered for 120 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
Compare nurseries nearby
| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton University Early Years CentreThis nursery | Good | 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 | 0.4 miles |
| Sticky Fingers Pre-School PortswoodSessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Honeybeez Pre-SchoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
| Bright Horizons Portswood Day Nursery and PreschoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
| Hopscotch Day Nurseries (Portswood) LtdFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
| Little Berries Preschool @ BassettFull-day nursery | Outstanding | 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
- Highfield Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2022 0.2 miles
- Swaythling Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.3 miles
- Portswood Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- Bassett Green Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.4 miles
- The Gregg Preparatory School ages 4–11 0.7 miles
- St Denys Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.8 miles
- Hardmoor Nursery & Early Years Centre - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Nurseryages 0–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.8 miles
- Vermont School ages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected June 2025 0.8 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 Southampton University Early Years Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Southampton University Early Years Centre Good at its inspection on 2 February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Southampton University Early Years Centre take?
Southampton University Early Years Centre is registered with Ofsted for up to 120 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Southampton University Early Years Centre?
St Denys is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 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 EY258679 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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