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Hopscotch Day Nurseries (Regents Park)

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2025)
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3.2(5 parent reviews) ·188 Regents Park Road, Southampton, SO15 8NY · Southampton
Number of places
80 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2025
Local authority
Southampton

About this day nursery

Hopscotch Day Nurseries (Regents Park) Ltd, a childcare setting on non-domestic premises, provides a stimulating environment for children aged 0-4 years. Open all year, Monday to Friday, from 7:30 am to 6 pm, the nursery was rated Good by Ofsted on 16th July 2025.

The ambitious education programme is carefully designed to support each child in reaching their full potential. Children form strong bonds with staff, fostering a sense of safety and security.

Even very young babies and toddlers display remarkable confidence and independence in their play and self-care routines. The nursery’s effective key-person system ensures tailored support from the moment a child starts, aiding their settlement and allowing staff to meticulously plan for individual needs.

Staff leverage their in-depth understanding of each family’s unique circumstances to provide targeted support, helping all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to make excellent progress. Collaboration with multi-agency professionals and parents is key to implementing and frequently reviewing strategies for children with SEND, ensuring they receive all entitled resources.

The nursery creatively brings stories to life, such as exploring shaving foam outdoors to represent the swirl of a snowstorm from "We're Going On a Bear Hunt," fostering early literacy and expanding vocabulary.

What it's like

The provider's education programme is ambitious and carefully sequenced to support all children to make the progress that they are capable of. Children have strong relationships with staff and feel safe and secure at the nursery. Very young babies and toddlers demonstrate high levels of confidence and independence in their play and self-care routines.

Ambitious curriculumStrong staff-child bondsTailored SEND supportCreative outdoor learningFosters independence

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Hopscotch Day Nurseries (Regents Park)

Last inspected 16 July 2025

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

The provider's education programme is ambitious and carefully sequenced to support all children to make the progress that they are capable of. Children have strong relationships with staff and feel safe and secure at the nursery. Very young babies and toddlers demonstrate high levels of confidence and independence in their play and self-care routines.

Inspector highlights

  • The curriculum is carefully thought out and grows in complexity over time to match the needs and abilities of the children.
  • Leaders continue to build on the knowledge and skills of their staff by providing a comprehensive package of staff training, coaching and support.
  • Staff promote children's communication and language well, overall, and ask questions that promote children to think creatively.
  • Staff support and encourage all children to be independent, such as older children pouring their own drinks and serving their own vegetables.
  • The staff are kind and treat children with respect, finding comforters before putting children down to sleep and seeking permission before changing nappies.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to consistently implement the behaviour policies of the setting and strategies to support children to fully understand what is expected
  • 2improve systems for sharing ideas and strategies about how to support children's learning at home.
Inspection #10410975 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Overall, parents are happy with the provision at the nursery. They say that they feel well supported by their child's key staff. In addition, they feel listened to by the provider when issues are raised.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The key-person system means that children receive tailored support to help them settle and support staff to plan carefully for their individual needs. Staff use their detailed knowledge of children's unique family circumstances to focus support, helping all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress. Staff work in partnership with multi-agency professionals and parents to implement strategies to support children with SEND, ensuring plans are reviewed and updated frequently and children receive any additional resources they are entitled to.

Outdoor space

The report mentions children exploring shaving foam outside to represent the swirl of the snowstorm in 'We're Going On a Bear Hunt', indicating outdoor activities are used to bring stories to life and support children's early literacy.

Parent Reviews of Hopscotch Day Nurseries (Regents Park)

3.2
(5)
DannyD
11 months ago

Absolute appalling attitude from staff. Came to hopscotch just to drop a parcel off and the member of staff was sooo rude huffing and puffing, stomping her feet whilst saying "oh for God sake what do you want" then when I needed a otp she again was very rude saying what do you want me to do.. I don't care etc. as if I couldn't hear her behind the glass door... Do better considering this is supposed to be a day nursery.

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Andrea Garraway
8 years ago

Very good nursery,my son loves it there well looked after there .

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Inspection history

Date: April 2023

  • August 2025Good
  • July 2025Good
  • October 2024Good
  • September 2024Good
  • May 2023Good
  • April 2023Good

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