Full-day nursery in Waterlooville, Hampshire
The Mulberry Bush Waterlooville
Waterberry Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 7UN · 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
Waterberry Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 7UN · More nurseries in PO7
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Milton Road Rbt and Charlesworth Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 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 Hampshire there are about 2.7 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 Waterlooville is a full-day nursery at Waterberry Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 7UN, in Waterlooville, Hampshire. It is registered for 100 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.2 from 27 reviews (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mulberry Bush WaterloovilleThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Jubilee School ages 5–16 0.4 miles
- Berewood Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 0.5 miles
- Hart Plain Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected June 2025 0.6 miles
- Hart Plain Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 0.6 miles
- The Waterloo School ages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.8 miles
- Newlands Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11 0.9 miles
- Mill Hill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.9 miles
- Rachel Madocks School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 1.0 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 The Mulberry Bush Waterlooville's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Mulberry Bush Waterlooville Good at its inspection on 24 August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Mulberry Bush Waterlooville take?
The Mulberry Bush Waterlooville is registered with Ofsted for up to 100 children at any one time.
How do I contact The Mulberry Bush Waterlooville?
You can call 023 9226 5151 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 · 30 October 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY499416 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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