Opening hours
Monday to Friday for 51 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm.
Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery in Southsea (PO5 2NR)
Ofsted: Outstanding
(Jun 2022)
Number of places
80 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2022
Local authority
Portsmouth
About this day nursery
Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery offers an engaging learning environment where children can thrive in confidence and develop new abilities through purposeful play. The nursery group, located in Southsea, provides exciting and challenging adventures for every child in their care.
The nurseries are designed to be fresh, fun, and welcoming, fostering a child's natural curiosity and independence. Each setting features designated art areas and offers quality natural sensory resources that inspire young children's imagination and encourage active learning.
A significant aspect of Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nurseries is their extensive outdoor spaces, complete with trees, wild areas, and allotments. These award-winning gardens allow children the freedom to run, climb, and explore nature, all within a safe and secure environment.
The outdoor play promotes resilience, persistence, and the development of measured risk-taking skills. The team of highly qualified and experienced practitioners works in partnership with parents to nurture each child's confidence and ensure they make excellent progress, preparing them for their next educational journey.
Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery operates two distinct locations in Southsea: Yarborough Road and Villiers Road, both offering unique benefits with consistent emphasis on fun, safety, and excellent outdoor learning opportunities.
Our ethos
Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery is committed to fostering children's natural curiosity and independence through purposeful play, with a strong emphasis on outdoor learning and exploration. They provide engaging environments that encourage imagination, active learning, and the development of resilience, persistence, and measured risk-taking skills. The nursery partners with parents to nurture confidence and ensure children are prepared for their next educational steps.
What it's like
Children arrive excitedly and benefit from deep and meaningful interactions with experienced staff who have high expectations for every child. They are motivated to learn and engage in stimulating activities, demonstrating excellent imagination and exemplary behaviour.
Purposeful PlayLarge Outdoor SpacesNatural Sensory ResourcesAward-Winning GardensExperienced Practitioners
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Established
2013
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery
Last inspected 1 June 2022 · Clare Leake
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
What it's like to attend
Children arrive excitedly and benefit from deep and meaningful interactions with experienced staff who have high expectations for every child. They are motivated to learn and engage in stimulating activities, demonstrating excellent imagination and exemplary behaviour.
Inspector highlights
- Leadership and management are exceptional, with the manager putting children's well-being at the heart of all she does.
- The manager has a rigorous training plan for staff, helping them deepen their understanding of how to support children with speech and language delays.
- Parents are highly complimentary about the staff and the nursery, praising the wonderful communication and detailed feedback.
- Staff constantly teach children how to be independent, preparing them for the next stage in their learning.
- Staff demonstrate excellent teaching, modelling new language and enriching their practice with their knowledge of how children learn.
Inspection #10228820 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
"Parents are highly complimentary about the staff and the nursery. They talk about the wonderful communication and the detailed feedback they receive from staff."
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make excellent progress. Staff work well with the special educational needs coordinator and other agencies to rapidly identify any gaps in children's development, providing excellent interventions to target those gaps. Targeted training has helped staff to deepen their understanding of how to support children who have a speech and language delay.
Outdoor space
Children learn how to keep themselves safe, for example by controlling their speed as they ride bikes down a slope in the garden.
Parent Reviews of Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery
5.0
(3)
Amanda Miller
3 years ago
My son recently started at Leapfrog on Villiers Road. I was a nervous wreck about him starting and not being with me all day (I had taken the full 12 months maternity leave and we were inseparable). The staff at Villiers Road were so compassionate, understanding and caring that I signed him up to attend and my god am I grateful I did! They have been so attentive and caring through the first few difficult days. Not only have they been amazing with my son but with my husband and I too. Happy to answer questions, they took all the time needed to discuss concerns and explain what my son would be doing each day and explain their ethos of care. They really have a individualised approach for each child and are child led. I am so grateful to the whole nursery team and cannot thank them enough. I would be a crying heap without them! I have also found the whole office team just beyond lovely and helpful. It is just all around an amazing place and I feel safe and happy sending my son there to be cared for.
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Tijana Stubbs
3 years ago
Fantastic caring and kind staff who really go above and beyond for the children. Our little boy really has had the best start in life attending leap frog nursery thank you!
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Sumona Ahmed
7 years ago
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Inspection history
Date: December 2013
- June 2022Outstanding
- February 2017Outstanding
- December 2013Outstanding
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