Opening hours
Tuesday-Thursday 9:00am-2:30pm (full day option) or 9:00am-11:30am (half day option)
Good Shepherd Pre-School
Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2025)
Number of places
28 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2025
Local authority
Hampshire
About this day nursery
Good Shepherd Preschool, situated in Southampton, PA, is a developmental learning centre fostering quality education within a Christian framework. For over 50 years, it has been dedicated to nurturing children's growth and preparing them for kindergarten while also supporting their families.
The preschool integrates God's presence and a strong sense of community into all its programmes, with classrooms equipped with learning centres and staffed by devoted teachers committed to providing engaging educational experiences. Children engage in various activities including outings, special in-school programmes, theme days, and holiday celebrations.
The preschool prides itself on creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where the gift of childhood is celebrated daily through wonder and imagination, ensuring that each child's educational journey is supported in a caring and enriching setting.
Our ethos
Good Shepherd Preschool is a child-based developmental learning centre providing quality learning experiences in a Christian environment. At Good Shepherd Preschool, we are committed to serving not just the individual needs of the child, but the needs of their family. Our classrooms are full of happy children and dedicated and caring staff. We look forward to continuing the tradition of growing young minds in the image of God.
What it's like
Children are eager to enter the setting and are self-motivated and excited to explore. They play cooperatively and enjoy spending time with staff, feeling safe in their care. Staff encourage children to play and learn, building strong bonds and supporting their emotional well-being effectively.
Christian environment50 years of experienceKindergarten readiness
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Waitlist
Waitlist available once capacity is reached
Age range
2-4 years old
Term time / All Year
Term Time
Session types
Half Day, Full Day
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Good Shepherd Pre-School
Last inspected 16 July 2025
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Children are eager to enter the setting and are self-motivated and excited to explore. They play cooperatively and enjoy spending time with staff, feeling safe in their care. Staff encourage children to play and learn, building strong bonds and supporting their emotional well-being effectively.
Inspector highlights
- Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are swiftly identified and receive excellent, targeted support, making superb progress.
- Staff know the children they care for well and understand their individual learning styles and interests.
- Children benefit from good support for their communication, through warm greetings, repetition, teaching new words and signs, and exploring sounds in words.
- Staff are positive role models, showing children how to play, interact, have conversations, and take turns.
- Leaders and managers offer good support for staff development and make effective use of additional funding, providing an inclusive setting and opportunities for all.
Areas to develop
- 1develop staff interactions further to focus teaching more precisely to build on what children know and can do
- 2support staff to develop their questioning techniques to give children more time to think, understand, problem solve and respond to questions
- 3encourage staff to help children understand what they have done well in their learning.
Inspection #10399537 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents report very favourably about the good communication, support and advice that staff offer, particularly for children with SEND.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are swiftly identified. Staff provide excellent help through 'special time' to find out exactly what gaps children have in their learning, delivering targeted support and highly engaging, daily interventions to close gaps. Staff ensure children with SEND can engage in the sensory den when they first enter the setting to help them regulate their emotions.
Outdoor space
Children play cooperatively with others on the swing outdoors and when hunting for imaginary monkeys in the trees. Staff encourage children to run outdoors to test out kites they have constructed.
Inspection history
Date: April 2013
- August 2025Good
- July 2025Good
- December 2019Good
- December 2019Good
- February 2019Requires improvement
- November 2017Good
- November 2017Good
- December 2016Requires improvement
- August 2013Good
- April 2013Good
Frequently asked about Good Shepherd Pre-School
About the setting
Good Shepherd Pre-School registered in September 2000. The pre-school opens on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8.30am to 3pm, and on Tuesday and Friday from 8.30am to 1pm, during school term time only. The pre-school provides funded early education for children. There are three members of staff. All staff hold early years qualifications at level 3.
- URN
- 110538
- Registered person
- Good Shepherd Pre-School Committee
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Previous rating
- Good
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