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Daisy Chain Nursery (Emsworth)

Ofsted: Expected standard·
4.0(4 parent reviews) ·99 Havant Road, Emsworth, PO10 7LF · Hampshire
Number of places
36 places
Age range
Not Listed
Last inspected
Jan 2026
Local authority
Hampshire

About this day nursery

Daisy Chain Nursery (Emsworth) is a childcare setting on non-domestic premises, established in 2006. The nursery operates all year round, from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday to Friday.

" The nursery provides care for children aged 0-0 years, with a total of 36 places. The curriculum approach is based on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).

Staff at Daisy Chain Nursery are proactive in identifying and assessing children's individual needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They work collaboratively with parents and external agencies like occupational therapists to ensure that each child's needs are met.

Children are supported in developing independence skills through daily routines, such as preparing for outdoor play. The nursery fosters warm and caring relationships between staff and children, ensuring that care practices are tailored to individual needs.

Leaders at the nursery have a deep understanding of the setting's strengths and areas for development, and they actively manage staff well-being and workload, offering professional development opportunities to improve the quality of provision.

What it's like

Children happily come into the provision, where kind and caring staff warmly greet them. Children have secure attachments with staff, as well as their key persons. Children are eager to join in with the different activities and have clear favourites. All children make progress from their starting points and staff have high expectations, though staff's knowledge and understanding of the curriculum is still being developed for consistency.

Warm, caring staffIndividual needs metDeveloping independenceStrong leadershipEYFS curriculumSEND support

Pricing & funding

The nursery offers funded sessions delivered in two blocks daily. Fees exclude consumables, meals, and extra activities, which are optional and can be covered by a daily package rate. Funding is stretched year-round over fifty-two weeks.

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
  • Cost for provided activities, food and consumables during funded hours (per day)£15 / day

Good to know

  • Funded hours are delivered in two daily sessions: 8.00am-1.00pm and 1.00pm-6.00pm.
  • Funding is stretched over 52 weeks of the year, providing up to 22.35 hours per week.
  • Consumables like food, nappies, wipes, creams, and extra activities are excluded from basic funding.
  • An optional daily charge is available to cover all food, consumables, and activities during funded hours.
  • Additional activities outside the EYFS curriculum vary by term.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday : 08:00 - 18:00

Session types

Full day (8:00 - 18:00), Morning session (8:00 - 13:00), Afternoon session (13:00 - 18:00)

Food

All food and snacks are excluded from funded hours and provided at an additional cost.

Age range

3 months to school age

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2006

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Jan 2026

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
Needs attention
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 teachingNeeds attention
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 0
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Daisy Chain Nursery (Emsworth)

Last inspected 15 January 2026 · Natasha Jarvis

Safeguarding effective

Actions the provider must take

  • improve staff's understanding and knowledge of the curriculum intentions

What it's like to attend

Children happily come into the provision, where kind and caring staff warmly greet them. Children have secure attachments with staff, as well as their key persons. Children are eager to join in with the different activities and have clear favourites. All children make progress from their starting points and staff have high expectations, though staff's knowledge and understanding of the curriculum is still being developed for consistency.

Inspector highlights

  • Children develop independence skills through everyday routines, such as putting on coats and boots for outdoor play.
  • Staff have warm, kind, and caring relationships with all children, ensuring care practices meet individual needs.
  • Staff ensure that they identify and assess children's individual needs promptly, putting strategies in place for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
  • Leaders have an in-depth understanding of the strengths of the provision and where further work is required.
  • Leaders manage staff's wellbeing and workload well, introducing bespoke professional development for staff looking to improve the quality of provision.

Areas to develop

  • 1Improve staff's understanding and knowledge of the curriculum intentions by 01/03/2026.
Inspection #10128604 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff ensure that they identify and assess children's individual needs promptly. Staff and leaders quickly put into place strategies to ensure that all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, can access the provision. Leaders work well with parents and outside agencies, such as occupational therapists, to ensure that children's needs are being met.

Outdoor space

Children develop their independence skills through everyday routines. For example, they learn how to put their coats and boots on ready to play outside. Older children learn to negotiate spaces as they explore the garden.

Parent Reviews of Daisy Chain Nursery (Emsworth)

4.0
(4)
Ava Brown
3 years ago

I’m an ex student here and I just wanted to say what an amazing place this was. All the staff were so kind and they were amazing at teaching skills to all the students.

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Joanna Vaughan
3 years ago

Lovely staff, great outside space. Our son is very happy here.

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Inspection history

Date: October 2009

The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Requires improvement). We're re-checking it against the original report.

  • August 2021Good
  • April 2016Outstanding
  • October 2009Good

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