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Haven Day Nursery and Creche

Ofsted: Strong standard·
4.3(14 parent reviews) ·Haven Early Years Centre, Harris Road, Gosport, PO13 0UY · Hampshire
Number of places
64 places
Age range
0–3 yrs
Last inspected
May 2026
Local authority
Hampshire

About this day nursery

Haven Day Nursery and Creche, located in Gosport, Hampshire, was established in 1997 and received an Outstanding rating from Ofsted at its last inspection on 9th May 2022. The nursery operates from 7:45 am until 6:00 pm all year round, closing only for one week over Christmas and on public holidays.

It caters to children aged 0-3 years, with a capacity of 64 children and 86 currently on roll. The dedicated management team and staff are highly passionate about identifying early development concerns and fostering children as unique individuals.

They work closely with other professionals to provide first-rate early intervention, ensuring that all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make outstanding progress from their starting points. The nursery embraces outdoor learning, with toddlers showing interest in bees in the garden and engaging in imaginative play with natural resources.

Staff meticulously assess and plan for children's future learning, developing an immense range of new knowledge and promoting vital life skills, such as making independent decisions and healthy choices. They also significantly focus on physical development, encouraging children to take safe risks and build core strength.

The nursery maintains extremely strong partnerships with parents through extensive daily discussions and detailed digital updates, ensuring high levels of care and learning for every child.

What it's like

Children have exceptionally close relationships with staff and demonstrate they feel welcomed and valued. They are captivated by the inspiring activities and resources available for them to choose from. They are highly motivated and demonstrate an exceptional attitude to learning.

High ExpectationsFuture Life SkillsPhysical DevelopmentExemplary BehaviourStrong Parental PartnershipsContinuous Improvement

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Opening hours

7.45am until 6pm

Age range

0-4 years

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

1997

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Strong standard

Last inspected May 2026

Headline: Strong standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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

AchievementStrong standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
0 to 3
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Haven Day Nursery and Creche

Last inspected 12 May 2026 · Jane Franks

Safeguarding effective

What it's like to attend

Children have exceptionally close relationships with staff and demonstrate they feel welcomed and valued. They are captivated by the inspiring activities and resources available for them to choose from. They are highly motivated and demonstrate an exceptional attitude to learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff have high expectations and meticulously assess and plan for children's future learning. Consequently, children develop an immense range of new knowledge and recall learning superbly.
  • Staff embed children's future life skills into the curriculum. Children learn to make their own independent decisions, such as when they would like to have their breakfast and make healthy choices.
  • Staff promote children's physical skills exceptionally well. Children of all ages learn to confidently take safe risks and build on their core strength.
  • Children's behaviour is exemplary. Staff use ample visual aids to help children manage their feelings and self-regulate.
  • Staff have extremely strong partnerships with parents, holding extensive discussions about well-being each day and sharing detailed information through digital media.
  • The uncompromising commitment to ongoing improvement results in the exceptional high quality of care, learning and teaching. The management team places an outstanding focus on providing substantial training for staff.
  • Staff are extremely passionate about improving outcomes for children and give children's learning and well-being their utmost priority.
Inspection #10128544 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children benefit from a highly passionate management team that swiftly identifies early development concerns. It fosters children as unique individuals and works exceptionally well with other professionals to ensure first-rate early intervention. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make outstanding progress from their starting points. The nursery cares for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Outdoor space

Toddlers show an interest in bees in the garden and help their friends find an additional magnifying glass so they can all take part. The inspector observed the quality of education indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact of this on children's learning.

Parent Reviews of Haven Day Nursery and Creche

4.3
(14)
Lawrance Drysdale
3 years ago

This nursery in my opinion is the best in Hampshire, far less Gosport. My son went to another nursery where he was neglected. His development, personal skills, attitude and personality has come on phenomenally. My family have all commented on how good the nursery has helped my son. I would like to also say the key-workers for your children take extra care. Lizzy was ours and she genuinely loved our child, she will forever be in our debt and a huge part of my sons life going forward. Thank you haven team 💪🏼 You are literally the best

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Katie Furber
2 years ago

This is by far the BEST nursery. My 3rd child attends as has done since she was 2. Haven have not only supported my daughter with her ASD diagnosis, EHCP, PECs they have also supported me as a mother. This nursery go above and beyond for all and take the time to speak with each parent/guardian before and after every visit. Jodie (head teacher) moves mountains to help all. I have been in her office MANY times picking her brain about special school and the next steps for my daughter. The Den and Hive teams become members of our family. They listen and support us. They know my daughter with what she like and what she doesn't like. They allow her to explore and find new interests. The team also update us with photos on the tapastry app and this makes me smile in a daily bases. This is also the only nursery that hold parents evenings. This is done with parents and a number of staff to ensure our child is happy and loved.

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Tiffany Butt
4 years ago

My son has been at the nursery 3 years now, in the nest (1-2) they were amazing! In the den (2-3) it started to go down hill, forgetting head injury accident forms, lying about how much he'd eaten on days he didn't even eat on, coming out of nursery soaking wet with snot all over his face! When there were spare clothes and wipes in his bag. The hive got even worse (3-4) I don't get informed properly about any events going on, I never get anything brought home that he's made from nursery, most of the time they don't tell me what he's done during the day, always out late. I could go on... I will not be sending my youngest child to this nursery!

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Kate Young
8 months ago

Lovely nursery, very good for children of all needs

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colleen wilson
a year ago

Do not send your child here who has additional needs my son broke his leg here and had to be put in a long cast for 6 weeks he couldn't put any weight on it also a broken toe th they dont watch your children

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Inspection history

Date: November 2011

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

  • June 2022Outstanding
  • May 2022Outstanding
  • September 2015Outstanding
  • August 2015Outstanding
  • February 2012Outstanding
  • November 2011Outstanding

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