Full-day nursery in Aldermoor, Southampton
Taplins Day Nursery SGH
Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD · 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 June 1998Reference 131615Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 25 January 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places63 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 22 August 2025Food 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
Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD · More nurseries in SO16
Buses
16 bus stops within 400 m, including Vine Road, General Hospital and General Hospital and Cemetery.
Parks and playgrounds
- Shirley Warren Skate Park8 min walk
- Shirley Pond Park10 min walk
- St James Park10 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- St James Park Play Area 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 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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Taplins Day Nursery SGH is a full-day nursery at Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, in Aldermoor, Southampton. It is registered for 63 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust.
Run by Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust (school), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taplins Day Nursery SGHThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Southampton Hospital School ages 4–16Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 0.2 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 0.3 miles
- Shirley Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Shirley Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.5 miles
- Rosewood Free School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.5 miles
- Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.6 miles
- Hollybrook Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- Hollybrook Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 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 Taplins Day Nursery SGH's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Taplins Day Nursery SGH Good at its inspection on 25 January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Taplins Day Nursery SGH take?
Taplins Day Nursery SGH is registered with Ofsted for up to 63 children at any one time.
Who runs Taplins Day Nursery SGH?
Taplins Day Nursery SGH is run by Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Taplins Day Nursery SGH?
Millbrook (Hants) is the nearest station we know of, 1.5 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 131615 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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