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Little Munchkins Fareham

Ofsted: Needs attention·
3.3(9 parent reviews) ·67 The Avenue, FAREHAM, PO14 1PE · Hampshire
Number of places
24 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2026
Local authority
Hampshire

About this day nursery

Little Munchkins Fareham is a childcare setting for children aged 1 to 4 years, operating since 2025. It is open Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 18:00, all year round.

The nursery is located at 67 The Avenue, Fareham, PO14 1PE. While the setting has some weaknesses in areas like identified children's progress and consistency of support, children demonstrate that they feel safe, secure, and enjoy attending.

Staff are dedicated to understanding children's individual routines and preferences, working with parents to meet physical and emotional needs. The nursery has a secure key-person system in place to support children's overall well-being and promotes children's regular attendance to foster positive relationships with staff.

Leaders and staff maintain high safeguarding standards, ensuring an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.

Our ethos

Little Munchkins curriculum is aims to promote children's ; CONFIDENCE -  Believing in themselves, acting and making decision which make them proud. Confidently separating from their carers and begin to build trusting relationships with familiar adults! INDEPENDENCE - Feel secure in making free choices, be self-sufficient, confident  in social  interactions and events to build strong relationships. RESILIENCE - Children become comfortable in what they are doing, express the own ideas and do not fair a challenge to change or improve their approach!

What it's like

There are weaknesses and inconsistencies at this nursery, which directly impact on the children's ability to learn and make the progress they are capable of. This includes children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), as well as those who face other barriers to their learning. Despite these weaknesses, children demonstrate that they feel safe, secure and enjoy attending the nursery. Staff work hard to get to know children's individual routines and their personal preferences as they work alongside parents.

Safeguarding standards metPositive relationshipsEmotional well-being

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Food

Snacks provided; children bring packed lunches

Opening hours

8am to 4pm Monday to Friday

Age range

18 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2025

Waitlist

Spaces available

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Needs attention

Last inspected Feb 2026

Headline: Needs attention

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
Needs attention
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

AchievementNeeds attention
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
InclusionNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
Age range
1 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Munchkins Fareham

Last inspected 27 February 2026

Actions the provider must take

  • ensure children with special educational needs and/or disabilities consistently receive swift, and targeted support to narrow gaps in their learning
  • strengthen staff knowledge of children's assessment and next steps, so teaching is precisely focused and builds on what children already know and can do
  • implement effective supervision arrangements for staff to enable prompt identification of any gaps in knowledge and improve their personal effectiveness
  • implement effective partnership working for children who attend more than one setting to promote a consistent and collaborative approach to children's learning

What it's like to attend

There are weaknesses and inconsistencies at this nursery, which directly impact on the children's ability to learn and make the progress they are capable of. This includes children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), as well as those who face other barriers to their learning. Despite these weaknesses, children demonstrate that they feel safe, secure and enjoy attending the nursery. Staff work hard to get to know children's individual routines and their personal preferences as they work alongside parents.

Inspector highlights

  • The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders and staff fulfilling their responsibilities and fostering an open culture of safeguarding.
  • Staff maintain high expectations for all children, adapting to support those needing help with emotional regulation.
  • Children learn to think about keeping themselves healthy and safe, such as why not to run indoors.
  • Staff build positive relationships with all children, fostering an environment where children confidently seek comfort and share ideas.
  • Children are encouraged to listen to each other and take turns, supporting the development of self-confidence and social skills.
  • The nursery promotes children's regular attendance, which positively impacts relationship building with staff.

Areas to develop

  • 1Children, including those who face various barriers to their learning, do not always make the progress they are capable of.
  • 2Leaders have not been proactive to identify that children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, who have gaps in their learning, do not receive well planned or targeted support to reduce these gaps.
  • 3Leaders do not have sufficient oversight of the impact of support in place for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), or those who face other barriers to their learning.
  • 4Leaders have not identified weaknesses within the nursery. Overall, this impacts the quality of education all children, including those who face various barriers to their learning, receive.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff support children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to understand age-appropriate behavioural expectations and adapt to support children who need help to regulate their emotions. Leaders and staff demonstrate an understanding of their roles in supporting children with SEND and seek ongoing training. Additional funding is sought and monitored effectively for children with SEND, ensuring a positive impact on individuals.

Outdoor space

Physical exercise is promoted by daily access to the outdoor area, where children develop their gross motor skills.

Parent Reviews of Little Munchkins Fareham

3.3
(9)
Rebecca Harding
6 months ago

My 2 year old doesn't see this as nursery, she calls it their house instead, as if she's going to her aunty or uncles. And that's exactly how it feels. The kids aren't another number in a setting, they're cared for like family.

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Kelly-marie Rushton
2 years ago

My daughter was due to start little munchkins and was told arrangements would be made for settling in sessions, making a point that to leave it with them and they would be in contact closer to the time, I paid an admin fee the same day as handing in the registration form, had no contact at all in regards to settling in sessions before her start date. I had to contact them 2 days before her starting and stated she wasn’t going to attend due to this, after requesting my admin fee back I was told no. Iv found the setting to be unprofessional and not organised at all. Wouldn’t like the thought of my child attending here

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Vasii Marian
2 years ago

My boy was here after few days I take him home one day with his face full of blood..another kid made his face like this with his nails and hands.staff said .. sorry is the other kid fault..never again.

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Kirstie Dear
3 years ago

My baby attends each week, they are fabulous with her and we're working together to encourage her walking. Thankyou x

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Terasa Haines
8 years ago

Fantastic my daughter has done so well there and the staff are amazing very supporting with toilet training and speech and everything would strongly recommend them

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

27 February 2026

Needs attention

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

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