Full-day nursery in Blackfield, Hampshire
Tops Fawley
Heather Road, Fawley, Southampton, SO45 1DZ · 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Heather Road, Fawley, Southampton, SO45 1DZ · More nurseries in SO45
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Forresters Road and The Pentagon.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 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 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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Tops Fawley is a full-day nursery at Heather Road, Fawley, Southampton, SO45 1DZ, in Blackfield, Hampshire. It is registered for 67 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 4.1 from 13 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tops FawleyThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Busy Bees Pre-SchoolSessional pre-school | Requires improvement | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 2.6 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Blackfield Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.4 miles
- Cadland Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 1.0 miles
- Manor Church of England Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 1.4 miles
- Lift New Forest Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 1.5 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 Tops Fawley's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Tops Fawley Good at its inspection on 2 August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Tops Fawley take?
Tops Fawley is registered with Ofsted for up to 67 children at any one time.
Who runs Tops Fawley?
Tops Fawley is run by Tops Day Nursery Limited, which runs 32 nurseries.
How do I contact Tops Fawley?
You can call 023 8017 8078 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
- 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 2531665 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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