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Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery in Southsea (PO5 3DZ)

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2025)
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5.0(6 parent reviews) ·13 Yarborough Road, Southsea, PO5 3DZ · Portsmouth
Number of places
54 places
Age range
0–3 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2025
Local authority
Portsmouth

About this day nursery

Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery, established in 1996, operates as a family-run business with two locations in Southsea, including Yarborough Road. The nursery focuses on providing a stimulating and nurturing environment for children aged 3 months to 5 years, fostering natural curiosity through engaging indoor and outdoor play.

They believe in inspiring active learning and creating lasting memories. The nursery has undergone refurbishment, featuring spacious Victorian-style rooms with high ceilings and large windows, along with dedicated art areas and natural sensory resources.

Each location boasts a mature cottage garden with fruit trees and stimulating play areas, encouraging exploration of nature and challenging play. The curriculum is built on the HighScope method, integrating with the Early Years Foundation Stage to promote independence, problem-solving, and creativity through purposeful play.

The nursery offers both half and full-day sessions and prioritises a minimum of two single sessions per week for effective child settling and participation in the curriculum. The team is experienced and qualified, committed to continuous professional development, and actively promotes a strong partnership with parents to support each child's learning and development.

Our ethos

Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery's pedagogical approach is built on the HighScope method, integrating with the Early Years Foundation Stage. They aim to foster natural curiosity and inspire active learning through purposeful play, promoting independence, problem-solving, and creativity. The nursery emphasises creating a stimulating and nurturing environment that encourages exploration and challenging play, both indoors and outdoors.

What it's like

Staff give children a warm welcome and develop secure and nurturing relationships with them, helping their emotional development. Leaders have a clear curriculum to teach children a range of skills, including independence and social skills. Staff ensure all children benefit from daily physical activities, both indoors and outdoors.

Family-run businessHighScope methodLarge outdoor spacesExperienced practitionersParent partnership

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 6:00pm, 51 weeks per year excluding Bank Holidays

Age range

3 months to 5 years old

Session types

Half-day sessions, Full-day sessions

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery

Last inspected 5 March 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

Staff give children a warm welcome and develop secure and nurturing relationships with them, helping their emotional development. Leaders have a clear curriculum to teach children a range of skills, including independence and social skills. Staff ensure all children benefit from daily physical activities, both indoors and outdoors.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders and staff are passionate about their roles and support staff's well-being and professional development.
  • Leaders and staff carefully monitor children's progress and swiftly identify when additional support is needed, especially for speech and language development.
  • Staff plan to build on children's existing knowledge and experiences, encouraging recall of past learning and initiating new strategies like heuristic play.
  • Staff promote children's independence and self-help skills through consistent routines and encouragement.
  • Staff establish positive relationships with parents, sharing information and resources to support children's learning.
  • Leaders and staff recognise the importance of developing children's understanding of their community and other cultures.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen the organisation of small group times, to ensure children benefit fully from the intended learning
  • 2support staff further to give consistently clear messages, so that children know and understand the expectations of their behaviour and learn right from wrong.
Inspection #10380418 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff recognise the additional support some children need to help them settle, supporting emotional development. The curriculum supports all children's learning and development, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff are aware of children who need extra help with speech and language development and work with other professionals, using additional funding to enhance resources for communication and language development.

Outdoor space

Staff ensure that all children benefit from daily activities to support their physical development. Children are excited to spend time outside, enjoying activities like climbing the climbing wall and sliding through tunnels and down slides.

Parent Reviews of Leapfrog Neighbourhood Nursery

5.0
(6)
MK
5 years ago

Outstanding nursery in the heart of Southsea. Extremely nice experience of early years education by professional staff. Children enjoy different type of activities and have access to various play zones indoors and outdoors (the Garden is truly amazing 🌳🌷⚽️🧸).

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Inspection history

Date: July 2007

  • March 2025Good
  • June 2019Outstanding
  • August 2015Good
  • December 2010Good
  • July 2007Outstanding

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