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Cherry Tree Day Nursery (Portsmouth)

Ofsted: Expected standard·
4.7(12 parent reviews) ·319 London Road, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 9HQ · Portsmouth
Number of places
86 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2026
Local authority
Portsmouth

About this day nursery

Cherry Tree Day Nursery (Portsmouth) Limited, located at 319 London Road, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 9HQ, is a childcare on non-domestic premises setting that was registered with Ofsted on 16/05/2025. The nursery caters to children from 0 to 4 years old and has a total capacity of 86 places.

Operating from Monday to Friday, between 7:30 and 18:00, 51 weeks per year (excluding Bank Holidays), the nursery ensures a consistent and supportive environment for its children. The setting prioritises clear communication and language development, along with health, wellbeing, and personal, social, and emotional growth.

Safeguarding standards are met, with a commitment to an open culture where all concerns are actively addressed. The team at Cherry Tree Day Nursery works collaboratively with families and external professionals to provide an inclusive and tailored learning experience, especially for children facing barriers to learning.

Parents and carers have shared positive feedback about the nursery, highlighting the strong relationships developed with staff and the clear communication from leaders.

Our ethos

At Cherry Tree Day Nursery, we provide a child-centred, activity-based learning journey that fosters well-rounded development. We believe that with the right guidance from an early age, every child can reach their full potential. Our fun and enriching activities span both physical and mental growth—let's play! We provide a loving and nurturing environment that feels like an extension of home. Dedicated to fostering the best in developmental learning, we understand how babies begin building essential intellectual, physical, and social skills that form the foundation for their future growth and success.

What it's like

Children arrive at the nursery happy and confident, settling into routines with staff welcoming them and sharing conversations with parents. They form positive relationships with staff and peers, exploring their surroundings and engaging in imaginative play. Children maintain attention in group activities, joining in with rhymes and discussing the weather.

Strong standardEffective safeguardingInclusive practiceStrong parent partnershipsHolistic development

Pricing & funding

The nursery offers full week, full day, morning, and afternoon sessions, alongside an early breakfast club and additional hourly care. Fees apply to standard childcare before government funding is factored in, and there are no charges for funded hours.

Funding accepted

30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • Fees are reviewed annually in April.
  • There is no charge for funded hours.

Key facts

Session types

Full Day (8am - 6pm), Full Week (8am - 6pm), Morning (8am - 1pm), Breakfast Club (7:30am - 8am), Afternoon Session (1pm - 6pm), Extra Hours

Opening hours

Mondays to Fridays from 7:30am to 6pm, 51 weeks per year (excluding Bank Holidays)

Age range

9 months to school age

Term time / All Year

Mixed

Food

Not specified

Established

2025

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected May 2026

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Cherry Tree Day Nursery (Portsmouth)

Last inspected 8 May 2026

What it's like to attend

Children arrive at the nursery happy and confident, settling into routines with staff welcoming them and sharing conversations with parents. They form positive relationships with staff and peers, exploring their surroundings and engaging in imaginative play. Children maintain attention in group activities, joining in with rhymes and discussing the weather.

Inspector highlights

  • All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make typical progress from their starting points.
  • Leaders and staff establish routines that lay foundations for children's learning from the outset and promote regular attendance.
  • Staff use a key-person approach to get to know children, building relationships that help children feel safe and secure.
  • Leaders and staff have high expectations for children's behaviour, teaching the importance of respecting and valuing each other.
  • Leaders and staff promote a curriculum that supports healthy bodies and minds, encouraging active play and healthy food choices.
  • Leaders and staff provide children and their families with inclusive practice, recognising and valuing unique backgrounds, cultures, and experiences.
  • Leaders and staff understand the importance of positive relationships with parents and carers, sharing information regularly to promote a consistent approach.
  • Leaders evaluate and reflect on the overall nursery, with identified clear priorities for continuous improvement.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should strengthen the monitoring of individual staff's teaching skills to precisely target training and coaching to deepen staff's knowledge of how to consistently maximise children's learning experiences.
  • 2Leaders should refine the communication and language curriculum to better support staff in embedding language learning into daily routines to more consistently extend children's speaking skills.
  • 3Leaders should support staff to embed consistent daily practices that help younger children to understand the importance of hygiene and develop the independence needed to manage their own self-care routines.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders and staff adapt daily routines and activities to meet the wide range of needs within the nursery, including for those children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Parent Reviews of Cherry Tree Day Nursery (Portsmouth)

4.7
(12)
Charlotte Cox
11 months ago

Collectively I’ve been sending my children to this setting since 2017, and most of the staff still remain which I think says it all in terms of how the management treat their staff. For me personally, staff retention is really important in respect of consistency for the children, continuity of care, and communication, and these guys over the years are more than just ‘helpers’ they feel like friends and family, and they look after the children like they are their own. The nursery is a wonderful, warm, safe, caring, and child lead environment. My eldest still talks about her time here, and how much she loves and misses it, and my youngest loves it here - she is always ready to go in the morning with such enthusiasm which is a wonderful reflection on how safe, cared for, and settled she is. All in all, couldn’t recommend enough. It’s the best kept secret in Portsmouth, and if you’re thinking of placing your children here then don’t hesitate, you won’t find anywhere better. 🙌🏼

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IAMLEARAY
9 months ago

Went to visit this nursery, unfortunately it did not live up to my expectations. Smelled really bad of asbestos, the walls needed plastering, I get that it is just being renovated etc and has been passed over but their was children when I visited and I don’t think this nursery should be open until it has had some serious renovations and cleaning. Everywhere on the floor was so thick with dirt, yes kids run in and out but this was dirt that hasn’t been cleaned in months, the amount of dust piled up on furnishings, the sensory room was more like a hot box with smelly, dusty blankets hanging from the ceiling, unhygienic is the nice word for what I saw. If it’s not a danger hazard waiting to happen than your child is definitely going to come back poorly from being at this nursery.

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Shermin Hassan
11 months ago

Amazing nursery - our little girl loves it here. Great staff, very supportive and gave me that peace of mind as soon as our little one started the lovely Cherry tree nursery. She always comes home happy which is what every parent wants. Highly recommend! 🍒

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Kyan Adams
11 months ago

We drop our boy off here. He loves it. We did have him in another nursery before this one and he wasn’t enjoying it. So moved him here and he can’t wait to come back the next day. He has started telling me about his day and what he has been doing. The staff are very friendly and it’s reassuring knowing that our child is well looked after and safe here. Nothing is ever too much. Definitely recommend.

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hollie Ming
11 months ago

Amazing nursery, our first daughter started at 9 months and stayed until she left for school. When selecting a nursery for our second daughter, we knew straight away that we wanted her to attend Cherry Tree. The staff are fantastic, we would recommend it to anyone ☺️❤️

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

8 May 2026

Expected standard

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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