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Little Acorns Day Nursery Hedge End

Ofsted: Good
(May 2025)
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3.5(8 parent reviews) ·19 St. Johns Road, Hedge End, Southampton, SO30 4AF · Hampshire
Number of places
60 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2025
Local authority
Hampshire

About this day nursery

Little Acorns Day Nursery, situated in Hedge End, Southampton, provides childcare for children aged 3 months to 4 years. The nursery operates from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM, 51 weeks a year, closing only for bank holidays and one week during Christmas.

They offer flexibility in attendance with options for full days, morning sessions, and afternoon sessions. The nursery is proactive in assisting families with government funding options, stretching the funded hours across the entire year to provide consistent childcare support.

They handle the funding application process directly with families to make it as smooth as possible. Children benefit from a comprehensive programme that caters to different age groups within their Strawberry, Raspberry, and Elderberry rooms.

The fee structure includes specific rates for non-funded sessions and acknowledges additional charges for meals and consumables for funded children. The nursery also facilitates registrations online and welcomes inquiries about their services and funding choices.

What it's like

Babies and toddlers at this setting receive a strong start to their education, supported to become fully independent and flourishing in the care of nurturing staff. They continuously introduce new vocabulary and encourage children to talk about keeping safe in the sun and recall family events. Toddlers practice their ability to use cutlery and develop hand-eye coordination through art and crafting, relishing responsibility and demonstrating compassion towards friends.

Accepts government fundingOpen 51 weeks a yearFlexible session optionsSupports funding applications

Pricing & funding

Fees apply across all age groups from 3 months to 4 years. The nursery offers full-day, morning, and afternoon sessions, with additional charges for food and consumables. Fully and partially funded sessions are available, subject to daily consumable and unfunded half-hour charges.

Funding accepted

30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-oldsTax-Free Childcare

Good to know

  • Fees apply uniformly across all rooms for children aged 3 months to 4 years.
  • Food and consumables charges are applied daily for both full and half-day sessions.
  • Fully funded sessions incur an additional daily charge to cover meals, consumables, and the unfunded half-hour.
  • Partially funded sessions are charged at a set hourly rate for any unfunded hours.

Key facts

Opening hours

07:30 to 18:00, 51 weeks of the year (closed on bank holidays and for a week at Christmas)

Age range

3 months – 4 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Session types

Full Day, AM Session, PM Session

Established

January 2025

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Acorns Day Nursery Hedge End

Last inspected 13 May 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

Babies and toddlers at this setting receive a strong start to their education, supported to become fully independent and flourishing in the care of nurturing staff. They continuously introduce new vocabulary and encourage children to talk about keeping safe in the sun and recall family events. Toddlers practice their ability to use cutlery and develop hand-eye coordination through art and crafting, relishing responsibility and demonstrating compassion towards friends.

Inspector highlights

  • Babies and toddlers receive a strong start to their education, supported to become fully independent and flourishing in the care of nurturing staff.
  • The new providers are committed to delivering high-quality care and education and continue to make further improvements to the setting.
  • All children enjoy spending time outside each day, where staff extend children's learning through play, following their interests and continuing the learning that children have been enjoying indoors.
  • Staff prioritise children's personal, social and emotional development, knowing their key children well and being sensitive to their needs.
  • Leaders have a sound understanding of the setting's strengths and where to focus their support, with effective systems in place to identify staff training and development needs.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to understand the setting's behaviour management strategies and consistently implement these across the setting.
Inspection #10401386 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive tailored support from passionate and experienced staff, who hold detailed knowledge of each child and the network of professionals around them. This ensures that all children make good progress and those with gaps in their learning and development are supported to reach their full potential.

Outdoor space

All children enjoy spending time outside each day, where staff extend children's learning through play, following their interests and continuing the learning that children have been enjoying indoors. This provides children with further opportunities to practise newly learned skills and use new language in their play.

Parent Reviews of Little Acorns Day Nursery Hedge End

3.5
(8)
Katie Stoop
2 years ago

Terri and Kev looked after me and my brother many years ago and therefore the only place my two children would go. My daughter went for 4 years and my son currently there. The care is second to none with a fantastic SENCO. Ignore the 1 stars, parking or lack of should NOT be going against what is the best nursery there is. We consider them to be nothing short of family to us who goes above and beyond every single day, who’ve helped me raise my children! 🧡

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Will Towgood
7 years ago

Fantastic nursery. Full of enthusiastic staff who really care about the children. Known this nursery for many, many years and do not have a bad word to say about them. Put my daughter because of their ethos of offering a home from home and it is. I know she'll get s cuddle if needed, I know she'll be helped if needed but encouraged to be independent. Her development is recorded and shared with me regularly and evaluated to produce next steps to support her devrlopmede firther. A great team! Please note that there is a negative review on this setting which is absolutely nothing to do with the nursery or how it's run but his view on parking in the area. Ignore him!

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Pamela Yale
3 years ago

We could not recommend Little Acorns enough! Our eldest absolutely flourished here and our youngest is loving it too! Michele and her team are the kindest, most supportive team you will ever meet!

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Jonathan Lewzey
3 years ago

The nursery and parents have no regard for local residents due to consistent inappropriate parking. We understand that the nursery has limited parking spaces, but something needs to be done to resolve this issue during drop off and collection times. The current situation is unacceptable.

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Derek Davies
a month ago

Absolutely disgusting … do not send your child here they left my grandson in poo which made his bottom sore, many other issues put it this way they did not care at all about the wellbeing for the children! All they wanted was money money money! Awful if I could give it 0 I would

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

13 May 2025

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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