Opening hours
10am to 3pm, Monday to Saturday
The Rainbow Centre for Conductive Education
Ofsted: Exceptional·
4.9(18 parent reviews)
·The Bradbury Building, Palmerston Drive, Fareham, PO14 1BJ · Hampshire
Number of places
20 places
Age range
1–5 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2025
Local authority
Hampshire
About this day nursery
The Rainbow Centre for Conductive Education in Fareham, operating since 1990, provides specialist care for children aged 1-8 years with cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions. This "Childcare on non-domestic premises" setting, registered with Ofsted on 03/05/2006, runs on a term-time-only basis from 10am to 3pm, Monday to Saturday.
The centre champions an inclusive and innovative curriculum, merging the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) with a unique Conductive Education programme. Staff are highly skilled in tailoring activities and communication methods, including spoken words, signs, symbols, switches, or eye gaze, to support each child's individual needs and foster independence.
The Rainbow Centre excels in creating a secure and nurturing environment where children are empowered to make exceptional progress, with a strong focus on physical development, communication, and social skills. They also actively involve parents in their child's learning journey, providing strategies and creative ideas to support continuous development at home.
The leadership is deeply passionate about their role, acting as advocates for children with SEND and collaborating with local councillors and universities to advance inclusive education. This commitment ensures a holistic and outstanding approach to each child's growth and well-being.
Our ethos
The Rainbow Centre's philosophy is centred on Conductive Education, a unique learning system that focuses on developing individual potential and the capacity to learn and grow, irrespective of a person's starting point. They employ a holistic and inclusive methodology, assessing individuals by their capabilities and fostering development through structured programmes.
What it's like
Children at the Rainbow Centre feel exceptionally safe with staff and build strong bonds. They are kind and caring to each other, developing pride and achievement in their learning steps. Children are confident, curious, and self-motivated, making exceptional progress across all learning areas through the Conductive Education programme.
Specialist CareConductive EducationIndividualised LearningStrong Parent PartnershipsExceptional Progress
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds
Pricing on request
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Term time / All Year
Term_time_only
Established
2006
Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Exceptional
Last inspected Dec 2025
Grade summary
Exceptional
Strong standard
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Expected standard
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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
AchievementExceptional
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExceptional
Children's welfare and wellbeingExceptional
Curriculum and teachingExceptional
InclusionExceptional
Leadership and governanceExceptional
Age range
1 to 8
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for The Rainbow Centre for Conductive Education
Last inspected 9 December 2025
What it's like to attend
Children at the Rainbow Centre feel exceptionally safe with staff and build strong bonds. They are kind and caring to each other, developing pride and achievement in their learning steps. Children are confident, curious, and self-motivated, making exceptional progress across all learning areas through the Conductive Education programme.
Inspector highlights
- Meticulous attention to detail helps staff know exactly what children can already do and what they need help to achieve.
- Children enjoy many social interactions and show exceptionally good manners and exemplary behaviour.
- Staff provide children with the widest range of opportunities to learn about the wider world, bringing experiences to the centre.
- Children display very positive attitudes to each other, the staff and their learning, thriving in the staff's excellent care.
- The manager is exceptionally passionate about her role, is an outstanding role model, highly reflective, and continually looking for ideas to develop and improve the Rainbow Centre.
- Children are supported very effectively to develop their own methods of communication, using spoken words, signs, symbols, switches or eye gaze.
Inspection #10128720 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The centre provides a service for children with cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions. Staff skilfully adapt activities to meet all children's individual learning needs. Children are supported very effectively to develop their own methods of communication, using spoken words, signs, symbols, switches or eye gaze. Staff are extremely sensitive to children's needs and support their emotional development to a significantly high level.
Outdoor space
Children learn about good hygiene as they wash their hands before eating and breathe deeply in the fresh air. This supports them to develop a healthy lifestyle.
EAL / language support
Children are supported very effectively to develop their own methods of communication, using spoken words, signs, symbols, switches or eye gaze.
Parent Reviews of The Rainbow Centre for Conductive Education
4.9
(18)
Jill Fairfax
a year ago
We visited this amazing centre for children and adults with neurological conditions such as cerebral palsy and strokes, to learn practical exercises with their condition, called conductive education. The love and dedication of the staff was so heartening to see and feel. They are entirely self funding so all people inspired by this story can offer volunteering or a fund raising challenge or donation. Thank you.
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Richard Luker
10 months ago
I've visited here a couple of times and the staff are so amazing. I've sat in on both an adult and a children's session too. It's awesome to watch the staff who care so much.
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Karen Wilkinson
a year ago
I was totally humbled and amazed how well run the center is, such caring kind people. They are doing amazing work.
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Brian Fanning
5 years ago
I was at the rainbow centre every Thursday, where the staff always have a smile on there face and they do there job brilliantly, and even a cup of tea and a biscuit may be cake you never know. Great people, thank you rainbow.
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David Engel
2 years ago
I do not know what we would have done without The Rainbow centre in our lives. I hope every person that works within and alongside the organisation realises the positive difference they make to so many.
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Inspection history
Date: October 2006
The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Outstanding). We're re-checking it against the original report.
- March 2020Outstanding
- May 2016Outstanding
- February 2010Outstanding
- October 2006Outstanding
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