Food
Meals and snacks provided, catering to dietary needs; packed lunches permitted.
YMCA Eastleigh Nursery
Ofsted: Outstanding
(Jul 2023)
Number of places
108 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2023
Local authority
Hampshire
About this day nursery
YMCA Eastleigh Nursery provides a nurturing environment for children aged 0-5 years, focusing on a holistic approach to early childhood education. Situated within a community centre, the nursery benefits from excellent indoor and outdoor facilities, promoting active learning through play-based activities.
The dedicated team fosters confidence and independence in children, preparing them for future academic endeavours. Their curriculum is designed to be engaging and age-appropriate, encouraging exploration and discovery across various learning domains.
The nursery prides itself on creating a strong partnership with parents, ensuring open communication and collaboration in each child's developmental journey. With a commitment to supporting families, YMCA Eastleigh Nursery offers flexible hours and accepts various government funding options, making quality childcare accessible to a wider community.
The nursery is part of the larger YMCA Fairthorne Group, which has a long-standing reputation for providing enriching experiences for young people, including outdoor learning opportunities.
Our ethos
The nursery focuses on a holistic approach to early childhood education, promoting active learning through play-based activities. They aim to foster confidence and independence in children, encouraging exploration and discovery through an engaging and age-appropriate curriculum. The nursery also emphasises a strong partnership with parents.
What it's like
Children are extremely happy, active learners. Staff use their exceptional knowledge and understanding of children's individual needs to help them make outstanding progress. They provide a highly varied and exciting curriculum, particularly in the wonderful garden area that successfully inspires children to learn outdoors.
Holistic DevelopmentCommunity-basedPlay-based LearningStrong Parent PartnershipsFlexible Childcare
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request
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Opening hours
Monday - Friday, 8am - 6pm
Age range
0-5 years
Session types
Full Day Care
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for YMCA Eastleigh Nursery
Last inspected 4 July 2023
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 are extremely happy, active learners. Staff use their exceptional knowledge and understanding of children's individual needs to help them make outstanding progress. They provide a highly varied and exciting curriculum, particularly in the wonderful garden area that successfully inspires children to learn outdoors.
Inspector highlights
- Managers are highly successful in continually improving outcomes for children.
- Staff consistently adapt their communication with children to meet their individual needs.
- Staff make excellent use of books to plan a wealth of activities that successfully support all areas of children's learning.
- Staff provide children with a wealth of interesting resources and activities that inspire and motivate them to learn and give them the skills they need for the future.
- Staff are exceptionally positive role models for children.
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Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff use their exceptional knowledge and understanding of children's individual needs to help them make outstanding progress, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. All children receive the support they need to access the same curriculum as their peers. The knowledgeable special educational needs coordinator attends partnership meetings with other early settings and shares precise, comprehensive knowledge of children's individual needs to support exceptional continuity of care and learning.
Outdoor space
Staff provide a highly varied and exciting curriculum, particularly in the wonderful garden area that successfully inspires children to learn outdoors. The inspector observed a range of activities, indoors and outdoors.
Parent Reviews of YMCA Eastleigh Nursery
4.6
(26)
Abbie
7 months ago
Wonderful nursery with lovely people. We've had a great experience from registering to now. My son attends two days a week and the staff are very attentive, happy to answer any questions I have, and just very nice to be around. I feel great leaving my son with them. 100% recommend!
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Jody
7 months ago
My son settled in really quickly at the nursery last month. The staff are friendly and informative. He loves going in the morning and seems very happy there. It’s a lovely setting with lots of outdoor equipment which my toddler is loving.
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aimelosilva
7 months ago
My daughter goes to this nursery since February 2025. Her growth in social skills and skills in general is amazing. All the staff are lovely and really caring with her. I can see how much effort they put in in her education. Special thanks to bee who always makes our day better 😊
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Geordie4
7 months ago
Our daughter loves going to nursery. She has been there since she was 1.5 years old. She’s now in Preschool and back full time. Every morning she asks “is it nursery day?” And gets very excited when she’s told yes! It’s lovely to see how well she is doing with the support from her teachers. Our little boy will be joining babies in the new year and we’re looking forward to see how well he will settles in too. (Parents of P.W)
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Kayleigh Hunt
a year ago
YMCA staff have always been open to listening to any concerns or trying to accommodate any changes that needed to be made in order to make my daughter settling into the setting better. Now she has been there a year, she's always so happy to go in to see her friends and "grown up friends". All the staff are very friendly, approachable and happy to chat. My only criticism's would be communication could be a little better and to include some parent involvement. Friends of mine go in for reading mornings or can at least see there children in the nursery setting and where you drop at a gate, there's no option to do that. I'd love to see my daughter in the setting and seeing her play with her friends.
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Inspection history
Date: July 2023
- August 2023Outstanding
- July 2023Outstanding
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