Full-day nursery in Midanbury, Southampton
The Mulberry Bush Bitterne Park
Witts Hill, Southampton, SO18 4QG · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Witts Hill, Southampton, SO18 4QG · More nurseries in SO18
Stations
- Bitterne20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including Barton Crescent, Chester Road and Witts Hill Shops.
Parks and playgrounds
- McArthur Park8 min walk
- The Triangle8 min walk
- The Island11 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground10 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.
What parents say
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The Mulberry Bush Bitterne Park is a full-day nursery at Witts Hill, Southampton, SO18 4QG, in Midanbury, Southampton. It is registered for 100 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.8 from 12 reviews (November 2026). It is run by TMB Day Nurseries Limited.
Run by TMB 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
- Moorlands Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.4 miles
- Townhill Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.4 miles
- Townhill Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.4 miles
- CHARLTON HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- Glenfield Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.5 miles
- Beechwood Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.6 miles
- The Gregg School ages 4–16 0.6 miles
- Harefield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected March 2024 0.7 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 The Mulberry Bush Bitterne Park's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Mulberry Bush Bitterne Park Good at its inspection on 30 January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Mulberry Bush Bitterne Park take?
The Mulberry Bush Bitterne Park is registered with Ofsted for up to 100 children at any one time.
Who runs The Mulberry Bush Bitterne Park?
The Mulberry Bush Bitterne Park is run by TMB Day Nurseries Limited, which runs 4 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to The Mulberry Bush Bitterne Park?
Bitterne is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact The Mulberry Bush Bitterne Park?
You can call 023 8235 1888 and visit www.themulberrybush.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 EY558049 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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