Full-day nursery in Millbrook, Southampton
Sticky Fingers Pre-School
C/O Newlands Primary School, Windermere Avenue, Millbrook, SO16 9QX · 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 October 2012Reference EY450843Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 23 September 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places40 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 8 November 2024Food 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
C/O Newlands Primary School, Windermere Avenue, Millbrook, SO16 9QX · More nurseries in SO16
Stations
- Redbridge (Hants)21 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including Ullswater Road, Borrowdale Road and Millbrook Towers.
Parks and playgrounds
- Mansel Park4 min walk
- Green Park11 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 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 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.
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Sticky Fingers Pre-School is a full-day nursery at C/O Newlands Primary School, Windermere Avenue, Millbrook, SO16 9QX, in Millbrook, Southampton. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Green Lane Playgroup (Southampton) Committee.
Run by Green Lane Playgroup (Southampton) Committee (charity), which runs 5 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sticky Fingers Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Sticky Fingers Pre-SchoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Newlands Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.4 miles
- Compass School ages 5–16Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected February 2025 0.4 miles
- Redbridge Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.5 miles
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.6 miles
- Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected July 2025 0.7 miles
- Tanners Brook Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.7 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 Sticky Fingers Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sticky Fingers Pre-School Good at its inspection on 23 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sticky Fingers Pre-School take?
Sticky Fingers Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
Who runs Sticky Fingers Pre-School?
Sticky Fingers Pre-School is run by Green Lane Playgroup (Southampton) Committee, which runs 5 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Sticky Fingers Pre-School?
Redbridge (Hants) is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 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
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY450843 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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