Full-day nursery in Highbury, Portsmouth
Tops Day Nursery - Lakeside
North Harbour, Western Road, Portsmouth, PO6 3EN · 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 September 2012Reference EY449315Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 6 December 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places93 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 19 October 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
North Harbour, Western Road, Portsmouth, PO6 3EN · More nurseries in PO6
Stations
- Cosham17 min walk · 0.7 miles
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground9 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 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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Tops Day Nursery - Lakeside is a full-day nursery at North Harbour, Western Road, Portsmouth, PO6 3EN, in Highbury, Portsmouth. It is registered for 93 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 23 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Tops Day Nursery Limited.
Run by Tops Day Nursery Limited (company), which runs 32 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
- Medina Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.4 miles
- Beacon View Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 0.7 miles
- Portsdown Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.7 miles
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.8 miles
- Highbury Primary School Primaryages 0–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 1.0 miles
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 1.0 miles
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 1.0 miles
- Court Lane Infant Academy Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 1.0 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 Tops Day Nursery - Lakeside's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Tops Day Nursery - Lakeside Good at its inspection on 6 December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Tops Day Nursery - Lakeside take?
Tops Day Nursery - Lakeside is registered with Ofsted for up to 93 children at any one time.
Who runs Tops Day Nursery - Lakeside?
Tops Day Nursery - Lakeside is run by Tops Day Nursery Limited, which runs 32 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Tops Day Nursery - Lakeside?
Cosham is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Tops Day Nursery - Lakeside?
You can call 023 9232 4091 and visit www.topsdaynurseries.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
- 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY449315 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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