Full-day nursery in Fratton, Portsmouth
Twinkle Cottage Day Nursery
115 Fratton Road, Portsmouth, PO1 5AJ · 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 April 2011Reference EY427294Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 7 March 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places48 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 3 March 2026Food 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
115 Fratton Road, Portsmouth, PO1 5AJ · More nurseries in PO1
Stations
- Fratton7 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Portsmouth & Southsea15 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Arundel Street, Clifton Street and Fratton Bridge.
Parks and playgrounds
- Claremont Park5 min walk
- Royal British Legion garden area5 min walk
- Omega Park8 min walk
- Kingston Recreation Ground9 min walk
- Somerstown Community Park11 min walk
- Playground5 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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Twinkle Cottage Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 115 Fratton Road, Portsmouth, PO1 5AJ, in Fratton, Portsmouth. It is registered for 48 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.2 from 13 reviews (November 2026).
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| Twinkle Cottage Day NurseryThis 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
- Penbridge Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2022 0.2 miles
- St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2022 0.2 miles
- Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.2 miles
- Madani Academy ages 5–16 0.4 miles
- Ark Ayrton Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2024 0.4 miles
- Ark Dickens Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.5 miles
- Manor Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.5 miles
- Fernhurst Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.6 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 Twinkle Cottage Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Twinkle Cottage Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 7 March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Twinkle Cottage Day Nursery take?
Twinkle Cottage Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 48 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Twinkle Cottage Day Nursery?
Fratton is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Twinkle Cottage Day Nursery?
You can call 023 9282 8888 and visit www.twinklecottagenursery.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
- 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY427294 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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