Full-day nursery in Whale Island, Portsmouth
YMCA Little Whale Day Nursery
H M S Excellent, Whale Island, Portsmouth, PO2 8ER · 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 January 2006Reference EY319060Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record2 inspectionslatest 19 March 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places62 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
Inspection history (2)
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
H M S Excellent, Whale Island, Portsmouth, PO2 8ER · More nurseries in PO2
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
© 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.
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YMCA Little Whale Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at H M S Excellent, Whale Island, Portsmouth, PO2 8ER, in Whale Island, Portsmouth. It is registered for 62 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 19 reviews (November 2026). It is run by YMCA Fairthorne Group.
Run by YMCA Fairthorne Group (charity), which runs 6 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
- The Harbour School ages 5–19Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.4 miles
- Stamshaw Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.5 miles
- Stamshaw Infant Academy Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.6 miles
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.7 miles
- The Flying Bull Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.8 miles
- New Horizons Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2023 1.0 miles
- Ark Dickens Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 1.1 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 1.1 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 YMCA Little Whale Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated YMCA Little Whale Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 19 March 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can YMCA Little Whale Day Nursery take?
YMCA Little Whale Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 62 children at any one time.
Who runs YMCA Little Whale Day Nursery?
YMCA Little Whale Day Nursery is run by YMCA Fairthorne Group, which runs 6 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to YMCA Little Whale Day Nursery?
Portsmouth & Southsea is the nearest station we know of, 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact YMCA Little Whale Day Nursery?
You can call 023 9421 8321 and visit ymca-fg.org.
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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.
- © 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 EY319060 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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