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Hursley Childcare Hub

Ofsted: Expected standard·
4.4(7 parent reviews) ·Hursley Parish Hall, 50 Main Road, Hursley, SO21 2JW · Hampshire
Number of places
33 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2026
Local authority
Hampshire

About this day nursery

Hursley Childcare Hub, established in 2020, offers childcare for children aged 0-4 years from its premises in Hursley, Winchester. Operating Monday to Friday, between 7:30 am and 6:00 pm, the nursery provides a warm and inclusive environment where children thrive.

The dedicated staff team, including key persons, ensures that each child receives individual care and attention, fostering a sense of security and belonging. This childcare setting prioritises communication and language development within its EYFS curriculum, ensuring children make steady progress.

Leaders have a clear vision for learning, crafting an engaging curriculum with thoughtfully designed activities that cater to the interests and developmental stage of each child. Parents are actively involved in the nursery community through various initiatives like coffee mornings, regular consultations, and an online communication app, ensuring a strong home-nursery partnership.

The nursery also places importance on outdoor learning, providing challenging opportunities for risk-taking and physical development, both indoors and outdoors, to build confidence and coordination.

Our ethos

We welcome all children and their families into our friendly, caring, stimulating setting. We really know all our individual children and their families well. Through a child led approach, our amazing team care, nurture and develop the children. All our learning and exploration takes place in our beautiful space with outdoor provisions. We work with children throughout their early years to develop their confidence in themselves, ready for the next stages in their development. Together with families we aim to ensure all children are respectful and resilient and prepared for all the exciting experiences that are available to them.

What it's like

Children arrive at the setting calm, settled and ready to learn, welcomed into familiar routines that help them feel secure. They show positive attitudes to learning, eager to take part in purposeful activities, and experience a warm, inclusive environment where their interests, choices and emotional needs are understood and valued. Strong relationships with staff and tailored support help children grow in independence, explore their environment, and develop communication and language skills, preparing them well for transitions and the next stage of their education.

Strong independencePurposeful activitiesWarm environmentEngaging curriculumParental engagement

Pricing & funding

To secure a place, the nursery requires an admin fee and a deposit, which can be waived for children receiving EYPP or those only accessing funded hours with financial difficulty. Funded sessions are subject to a consumable fee covering meals, nappy changes, and suncream.

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare

Good to know

  • Admin fee and deposit required to secure a space.
  • Joining fees can be waived for EYPP recipients or those exclusively accessing funded hours with financial difficulty.
  • Consumable fees apply to funded sessions to cover meals, nappies, suncream, and other consumables.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday - Friday: 7.30am-6.00pm

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All_year

Session types

term-time only spaces available

Food

Meals included in consumable fee

Established

2020

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Feb 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, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Hursley Childcare Hub

Last inspected 12 February 2026

What it's like to attend

Children arrive at the setting calm, settled and ready to learn, welcomed into familiar routines that help them feel secure. They show positive attitudes to learning, eager to take part in purposeful activities, and experience a warm, inclusive environment where their interests, choices and emotional needs are understood and valued. Strong relationships with staff and tailored support help children grow in independence, explore their environment, and develop communication and language skills, preparing them well for transitions and the next stage of their education.

Inspector highlights

  • Children make steady and purposeful progress across all areas of learning, with communication and language consistently prioritised.
  • Children develop increasing independence through opportunities provided by staff, such as feeding themselves and practising hand washing.
  • Leaders have a clear and well-sequenced vision for what they want children to know and learn, providing a thoughtfully designed and engaging curriculum.
  • Leaders and staff create a warm, welcoming environment where all children feel included and valued.
  • Parental engagement is well established through coffee mornings, regular consultations, an online communication app, and purposeful handovers.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should further support staff to consistently manage children's behaviour to help them understand what is expected of them, in line with the setting's policies and procedures.
  • 2Leaders should strengthen the systems in place for self evaluation to further improve staff practice at all levels and precisely target professional development and training.
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Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported to identify and express their feelings, developing resilience. Staff with additional responsibilities for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities pursue referrals and seek advice at an early stage. Children with SEND have tailored support that strengthens their progress and prepares them well for transitions, with additional tools like pictures and stories to support their understanding.

Outdoor space

Staff offer children suitably challenging opportunities for risk-taking and physical development, both indoors and outdoors. Indoors and outdoors, children have access to well-planned opportunities for physical development and manageable risk-taking that strengthen their confidence and coordination.

EAL / language support

Children with additional communication and language needs are supported to identify and express their feelings. Staff extend children's learning by introducing new vocabulary and building on what children already know.

Parent Reviews of Hursley Childcare Hub

4.4
(7)
Holley Watson
6 months ago

My twins absolutely thrived at Hursley Childcare Hub! They went from being shy and reserved to confident and thriving, all within a really little period of time. Charlii & the team are just wonderful. They really care about each child & go above and beyond to adhere to their emotional needs. My boys needed support around their speech and language and the team were so supportive with this, along with the incredibly experienced SENDco. My boys still talk about Hursley Childcare Hub to this day and we are so grateful for everything the staff did for them. Would definitely recommend this Nursery to any parent!

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C
5 months ago

I cannot recommend Hursley Childcare Hub enough. My daughter joined about a month ago, and she has already come on leaps and bounds in both her physical and mental development. I want to give a special mention to her key person, Iris. Even though Iris is new to the setting herself, she clearly knows her stuff inside out. It puts my mind at ease knowing my daughter is in the best hands with her. 5 stars!

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jason cooksey
9 months ago

Hursley Childcare Hub are great. They keep us regularly updated via the app, with photographs, observations and meal time updates, as well as comprehensive in person during hand overs. Our child goes in happily every morning to the caring and friendly staff with no hesitation. I am very pleased with how my child has developed since she first started. She seems to have made lots of new friends, and has started saying many new words since starting too. Thank you!

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Paul R
7 months ago

We had a challenging experience at this nursery with our son, following a delayed recognition of additional emotional and sensory needs at Ampfield. We were encouraged to move back to Hursley. Although a Behaviour Plan was developed collaboratively with us, the nursery developed and implemented a Risk Assessment without our consultation. This resulted in repeated exclusions being used as a behavioural response, even in moments where our child was working within his agreed support strategies or had already de-escalated. Even though the leadership assured us the risk assessment was reviewed by professionals / external providers after concerns we repeatedly raised concerns, it was entirely rewritten following a review by Hampshire Children’s Services. One of there concerns was the nurseries 24-hour exclusion rule was be sending mixed messages to our child when he should or shouldn’t attend, and took the decision away from the parents. Communication with the leadership became increasingly rigid, and we were informed that no further adjustments would be considered unless directed by external agencies. This left us feeling sidelined from the collaborative process and conflicted with what we understand to be the principles of inclusion set out in the SEND Code of Practice and the Equality Act. While we want to acknowledge the genuine compassion shown by some staff initally, we did not feel the setting had the training or capacity to respond to our child’s emotional distress in a developmentally appropriate or inclusive way. In the end, we made the painful decision to leave, as we no longer felt confident that the environment could provide the emotional safety and relational consistency our son needed. This was also supported by Portage for our son’s emotional wellbeing. We hope sharing this experience encourages greater reflection, emotional sensitivity, and inclusion for other children and families in the future.

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Abi Smith
9 months ago

My daughter attends Hurley Childcare Hub and I honestly couldn't be happier with my choice of nursery. I love how the children can go for little trips to the local shop, post box, park and other local amenities. My daughter is very happy and has come such a long way with her development and confidence since starting in January. The staff are incredible, and will always go above and beyond to ensure that your children are the happiest they can be! The activities offered are always well thought out and encourage children to explore with their whole bodies (so be prepared to dress for mess). Thank you for taking such good care of by little girl ❤️

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Inspection history

Date: November 2021

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  • December 2021Good
  • November 2021Good

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