Tops Day Nurseries: Portsmouth Nursery

Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 3LY
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  • Tops Day Nurseries: Portsmouth Nursery, Portsmouth
In April 2015, Tops Day Nursery in Portsmouth proudly achieved an 'Outstanding' rating from Ofsted. The nursery is a dedicated childcare facility staffed by a team of highly qualified professionals.

As a part of a wider group leading in eco-sustainable childcare and education across the UK, the nursery prioritises environmental consciousness, integrating the principles of reducing, reusing and recycling into the daily routines of both children and staff. The nursery also offers unparalleled flexibility, allowing parents to book childcare in precise 15-minute intervals, ensuring they only pay for the time they need.

Furthermore, the state-of-the-art facility is fully equipped to provide a comprehensive early years learning program that caters to various age groups, effectively preparing children for the challenges of full-time education. They are committed to maintaining a no-added sugar menu, ensuring children receive a nutritious and healthy diet.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Rebecca Rogers (Interim Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 59

Total Places for Children

  • 115

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 4 years 11 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 06:00-20:00
    Tuesday 06:00-20:00
    Wednesday 06:00-20:00
    Thursday 06:00-20:00
    Friday 06:00-20:00

When Closed

  • Christmas, Boxing Day & New Year

Tops Day Nurseries: Portsmouth Nursery Reviews (70)

7.8

Tops Day Nurseries: Portsmouth Nursery has a Review Score of 7.8 (7.766) out of 10, based on 5 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Tops Day Nurseries: Portsmouth Nursery has 70 reviews.

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Review from A K (Mother of Child) published on 29 September 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 2.0 out of 5
Tops Day Nursery used to be a better place especially a few years ago. Once they had a change in management, it is not so lovely anymore. The staff change very often but they are nice and helpful, especially the receptionist, but unfortunately the staff in the office is not so friendly and not very
helpful.
Reply from Ellen Wentworth, Marketing Assistant at Tops Day Nurseries: Portsmouth Nursery
Thank you for your comments, I’m sorry that you felt things had changed within the nursery, however, I understand that the manager has now been in contact to discuss your views.
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Review from K B (Mother of Child) published on 21 June 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Great nursery! My little girl settled in very quickly and loves going! The staff are very friendly and very helpful, the communication is good and I enjoy being sent photos of my daughter and seeing the activities she gets up to.
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Review from S S (Mother of Child) published on 21 June 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child has been attending nursery since he was 8 months he is now only 17 months but I couldn’t fault the nursery. At first, my son would cry every time I left him, as he is uncomfortable around people. Now he takes his bag from me ready to start with the lovely staff. The staff, who my child has
interacted with since being there, have done a wonderful job! They know the majority of things about my son - what he likes/dislikes, when he is tired, when hungry and so on! They have to remember other kids and they are like my child's third home. They make sure when it's sunny, they are out in the garden and my son loves the outside so that's nice to know. The one thing I would change, if it was possible, I understand the staff work from 06:00-20:00 as it is! But as I work in the hospital when working till 20:00 it is hard to try and leave early to get on time so if they made it 20:10 just so I got that little extra time to be there on time and not get charged £30:00.
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Review from N S (Mother of Child) published on 14 April 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My daughter has been attending this nursery since she was 10 months old. Now at the age of 3, I am very happy that she is not a very shy little girl anymore. Attending this nursery has helped her develop social skills, communication and confidence. She enjoys the variety of activities provided at the
nursery. The one aspect which needs improving is taking children for outings on foot or by vehicle. In the 2 years my daughter has been there, she has never been for any outing. And also learning log entries on the parents' app were very regular on a weekly basis until she was in explorers. After which it has been very limited. Overall, I am happy with the flexibility in booking hours and the support given. Thank you.
Reply from Ellen Wentworth, Marketing Cooridnator at Tops Day Nurseries: Portsmouth Nursery
Hi, thank you for your review, we are so pleased to read that your little one enjoys the activities we provide at nursery and that you have also noticed an improvement in your little one's confidence,…read more
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Review from S A (Mother of Child) published on 3 December 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Amazing nursery! My daughter has been attending Tops Portsmouth since she was 11 months old. She is now 4! We've had a very pleasant experience over the years and have not had any major concerns. It is such a relief and joy to see your child getting excited to go to nursery and hug their teacher with
such excitement. It is also very hard to find such a good quality nursery with so much flexibility in the bookings. I would absolutely recommend it to anyone looking for childcare.
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Review from G L (Mother of Child) published on 3 September 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff and management team are lovely and helpful all the time. My boy really enjoyed his time in the nursery. I noticed how quickly my boy started learning with teachers - songs, numeracy, dance, language. My boy attended nursery since he was two years old. He loved Forest School. There were great facilities,
lovely location and dedicated staff. We are pleased with how the team looked after my boy. He developed a lot through play activities at the nursery.
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Review from Shanice G (Mother of Child) published on 22 June 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter started at the nursery in September 2020. As a first time mum, I was very nervous about putting my child into a setting on top of the pandemic. I was almost instantly reassured, and the staff team couldn't help me enough in settling my daughter and comforting not only her but myself during
this time. She absolutely loves all the staff in the building, and they are always sending me updates of what she is up to throughout the day. We are always greeted with a lovely smile and cuddles! I love that my daughter can go with the staff without worry. If she is going to be upset, they have her routine spot on and will always listen if anything changes. I couldn't think of a better place to send my daughter; thank you so much!
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Review from C C (Mother of Child) published on 29 March 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff are accommodating. The staff who showed me around have answered all my questions. Very friendly staff.
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Review from Ellie D (Mother of Child) published on 2 February 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Wouldn’t want my child going anywhere else!
My child started at Tops in September 2020, and ever since, he has well and truly flourished. All the staff are dedicated to their work and that shines through.
I have never met a nursery more accommodating to the needs of children and their families. They
will always help out when they can.
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Review from Lucy M (Mother of Child) published on 3 November 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Lovely nursery with fantastic staff! Our 4-year-old has left to go to school, but the staff have made a lasting impression on her. We still have a 2-year-old at the nursery and she loves it. Other than on their first days, we never had tears at drop off, although sometimes they haven't wanted to come
home!
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Review from Kate W (Mother of Child) published on 31 August 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Both my sons have attended Tops QA since they were 1 and both have flourished and thrived in this environment. Now my eldest finishes here soon to begin school and I couldn't be happier or prouder of how ready and excited he is, this is massively down to Tops' superb nurturing and support they have
given him. The transition from nursery to preschool has been great and he has developed a love for learning and a confidence to get stuck in.
My youngest son has also had a fab time in the nursery in the year he has attended. He is exposed to all types of learning scenarios which are fun and engaging and he has a great love of trying new and different foods because of the wide variety he is given at the nursery too!
In all instances where I have had to change nursery hours, have had a question etc, the whole team have always been helpful no matter who I spoke to and nothing was ever too much effort.
I thoroughly recommend this nursery to anyone! Thanks for everything all at Tops QA.
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Review from Josette K (Mother of Child) published on 4 August 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter started at this nursery when she was 10 months old. She started in 'The Nest' and has moved through all the rooms and is now in Pre-School. Every time she moves up a room I think to myself that the next room can't possibly be as good as the one she is leaving. And yet- it has been. Every
single time. Management have a talent for hiring excellent staff and giving them the resources to do an amazing job. My daughter loves going to nursery! She is happy and has so much fun and learns amazing things. She does Forest School once a week and after I've fetched her I hear all about their walk, or trip on the bus, or the stones on the beach, or the forest! She has another year before starting school and we are going to be genuinely sad to say goodbye to everyone at Tops. I am so grateful for the time my daughter has had in such an exceptional nursery!
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Review from Kate (Mother of Child) published on 28 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Unfortunately, since June 2020 management is the worst I have ever seen. There is no communication, not being open for people. The atmosphere is heavy and that makes me feel sorry for all staff who is working with children there as they are amazing and don’t deserve that. As a parent, I’m worried about
the management having the child's best interests.
Reply from Zoe Roberts, Marketing Manager at Tops Day Nurseries: Portsmouth Nursery
Thank you for your feedback and review. I am sorry that you did not have a good experience when speaking with the management team in the setting. Please be assured that we have dealt with your…read more
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Review from Kirstie M (Mother of Child) published on 21 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The nursery has worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic; providing faultless care to the children.
My child had been away from nursery for a while but was made to feel as though she had never been away on her return. All the teachers visibly care for all of the children. I couldn’t ask for a better
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Review from Lucy (Mother of Child) published on 17 February 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been going to Tops Day Nurseries since January 2019 and they are absolutely fantastic.
Ourselves along with our son were welcomed with open arms with such warmth and fantastic service on arrival to view the nursery and since we enrolled we have not looked back.
The best decision we have
made.
He is currently in the process of being diagnosed with certain disabilities and they have been outstanding from start to finish.
He has fantastic support and the key workers, senco worker and staff have been wonderful in every aspect.
I am also going to be sending our youngest son to this nursery as I cannot fault them at all.
Absolutely amazing nursery and I will forever sing their praises!
They are very professional, kind and respectful.
They treat every child with kindness and care more then I have seen elsewhere and the workers are also very approachable amongst everything else mentioned.
Cannot thank them enough for the continued support!
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Review from S D (Mother of Child) published on 24 October 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We would definitely recommend to other families. All the staff were friendly, professional and approachable. There were some great activities such as forest school which our son loved. All the staff were really helpful when we were experiencing some technical problems and implemented strategies whilst
he was at nursery to help this. The only negative point was the cleanliness of the toilet facilities which we felt could have been cleaner. However, on the few occasions we mentioned this, the manager personally addressed the situation.
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Review from Alexandra L C R (Mother of Child) published on 10 July 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I highly recommend Tops Nurseries QA! All staff are very friendly and caring, our daughter has been thriving since she started in September. They are also very good with catering for kids that have food allergies.
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Review from Jessica C (Mother of Child) published on 14 June 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We would definitely recommend Tops at Portsmouth. They have looked after our son very well and managed his specialist diet without any problems. They have been attentive to his needs throughout the last year!
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Review from Melissa S (Mother of Child) published on 12 June 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff are very friendly, caring and helpful. I know that once I drop my son off to his class, he is well looked after and being taught new things every day. He has progressed so well since joining Tops day nursery and I’m so pleased with this. My son is very happy here and I would recommend Tops
Portsmouth to anyone who is looking for a nursery. 5-stars from me!
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Review from Russell P (Father of Child) published on 12 June 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Superb, friendly staff, clean rooms, new toys and bright large rooms full of activities.


Took us ages to find somewhere that ticked all the boxes. Glad we kept looking and found Tops.


Recommended to all.

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Current Review Score: 7.8 (7.766)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 7.8 (7.766) out of 10 for Tops Day Nurseries: Portsmouth Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.2 out of 5 from 5 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.5 out of 5 from 4 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.217 for Tops Day Nurseries: Portsmouth Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (39 Excellents x 5) + (9 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) + (6 Poors x 2) + (4 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 60 Ratings = 4.217
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 3.549 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Tops Day Nurseries: Portsmouth Nursery is based on 4 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 = 3.375
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 115 number of registered child places is 23. 4 Positive Reviews ÷ 23 = 0.174
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Rebecca Rogers

Job Title: Interim Nursery Manager Joined: 2014

Interim Nursery Manager

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