Full-day nursery in Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth
St Jude's Church Nursery
Silver Street, Portsmouth, PO5 3BW · 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 July 1992Reference 143553Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 18 January 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places95 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 7 September 2016Food 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
Silver Street, Portsmouth, PO5 3BW · More nurseries in PO5
Stations
- Southsea Hoverport11 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Portsmouth & Southsea14 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Portsmouth Harbour18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Kings Road Junction, Green Road and Victoria Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Ravelin Park3 min walk
- Southsea Common5 min walk
- Somerstown Community Park12 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 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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St Jude's Church Nursery is a full-day nursery at Silver Street, Portsmouth, PO5 3BW, in Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth. It is registered for 95 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.4 from 7 reviews (November 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Portsmouth High School GDST ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.2 miles
- St Jude's CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Concerns)inspected July 2024 0.2 miles
- The Portsmouth Grammar School ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 0.3 miles
- Ark Ayrton Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2024 0.6 miles
- St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School Primaryages 3–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 0.7 miles
- Southsea Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.8 miles
- St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2022 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 St Jude's Church Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Jude's Church Nursery Good at its inspection on 18 January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St Jude's Church Nursery take?
St Jude's Church Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 95 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to St Jude's Church Nursery?
Southsea Hoverport is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact St Jude's Church Nursery?
You can call 023 9282 1726 and visit stjudeschurchnursery.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
- 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 143553 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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