Sessional pre-school in Southsea, Portsmouth
Southsea Nature Nursery
St Johns College, Grove Road South, Portsmouth, PO5 3QW · 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 Johns College, Grove Road South, Portsmouth, PO5 3QW · More nurseries in PO5
Stations
- Southsea Hoverport15 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Portsmouth & Southsea18 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Fratton19 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Friendship House, Elm Grove and St. Judes Church.
Parks and playgrounds
- Clarendon Gardens9 min walk
- Southsea Common9 min walk
- Wimbledon Park11 min walk
- Waverley Gardens11 min walk
- Britannia Park11 min walk
- Playground6 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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Southsea Nature Nursery is a sessional pre-school at St Johns College, Grove Road South, Portsmouth, PO5 3QW, in Southsea, Portsmouth. It is registered for 38 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Southsea Nature NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 0.2 miles
- Portsmouth High School GDST ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- Southsea Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- St Swithun's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.5 miles
- Mayville High School ages 2–16has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- Ark Ayrton Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2024 0.5 miles
- Bramble Infant School and Nursery Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.6 miles
- St Jude's CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Concerns)inspected July 2024 0.6 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 Southsea Nature Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Southsea Nature Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 17 January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Southsea Nature Nursery take?
Southsea Nature Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 38 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Southsea Nature Nursery?
Southsea Hoverport is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 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 2655061 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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