Full-day nursery in North End, Portsmouth
Stubbington Lodge
45 Stubbington Avenue, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 0HP · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
45 Stubbington Avenue, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 0HP · More nurseries in PO2
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including North End Junction, Mayfield Road and Beresford Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- College Park11 min walk
- Playground12 min walk
- Playground12 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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Stubbington Lodge is a full-day nursery at 45 Stubbington Avenue, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 0HP, in North End, Portsmouth. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 14 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Good Manors Day Nurseries Limited.
Run by Good Manors Day Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 4 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.2 miles
- King's Academy College Park (Infant) Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.3 miles
- King's Academy College Park (Junior) Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.3 miles
- Stamshaw Infant Academy Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.3 miles
- New Horizons Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2023 0.3 miles
- Mayfield School All-throughages 4–16Ofsted: Inadequateinspected November 2022 0.5 miles
- The Flying Bull Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.5 miles
- Cliffdale Primary Academy ages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.5 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 Stubbington Lodge's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Stubbington Lodge Outstanding at its inspection on 17 January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
Who runs Stubbington Lodge?
Stubbington Lodge is run by Good Manors Day Nurseries Limited, which runs 4 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Stubbington Lodge?
Hilsea is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Stubbington Lodge?
You can call 023 9217 7560 and visit www.theoldstationnursery.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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY487983 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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