Hopscotch Day Nursery Portswood

Taunton House, 50 Westwood Road, Portswood, Southampton SO17 1DP
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  • Hopscotch Day Nursery Portswood, Southampton
Hopscotch Portswood, situated in a residential area convenient for local families, offers reliable and quality childcare in a spacious, welcoming and well-resourced environment.

The team work hard to ensure children are happy during their time at the nursery, encouraging their confidence, curiosity and self-esteem through consistent support and guidance. With a focus on play-led learning, the team celebrate children as individuals, encouraging them to learn through their own interests, wants and needs.

With a mix of child and adult-led experiences, the team also ensure every child is offered high-quality interactions and strive to be positive role models.

The manager, deputy manager, and whole team at the nursery are passionate about providing support to children, their families and the surrounding community.

If you'd like to find out more, please come along for the visit to the great new setting in Portswood and meet the team who would be happy to answer all your questions.
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Funding & Fees

Breakfast Club: 07:30 - 08:00 - £5.35
Full Day: 08:00 - 18:00 - £74.60
Morning: 08:00 - 13:00 - £47.55
Afternoon: 13:00 - 18:00 - £45.80
School Day (7 hours only between 08.00 - 16.30): £62.25

Fees applicable from 1st March 2024, and are increased annually.
Additional Charges – when in receipt of Free Entitlement.
Charges are applied at a rate of £2.75 per funded hour and reviewed annually in line with fee increases.
For more information please visit our website.

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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Rebecca Steel (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 18

Total Places for Children

  • 85

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays

Hopscotch Day Nursery Portswood Reviews (61)

9.9

Hopscotch Day Nursery Portswood has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.905) out of 10, based on 39 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Hopscotch Day Nursery Portswood has 61 reviews.

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Review from Ponnu M (Mother of Child) published on 5 July 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I was so apprehensive about sending my baby to nursery as she was so anxious being around with strangers. To my surprise, she settled in nicely and without any concern. Her tears changed into a smile soon. Looks so lovely when she says miss. I am sure the Hopscotch team would manage her and take care
of her better. Good luck hopscotch.
Reply from Georgia Graham-Neal, Manager at Hopscotch Day Nursery PortswoodThank you for taking the time to review Hopscotch, Portswood. We are so pleased and proud at how well your little one has settled in! It is so lovely to see her now running in with a huge smile on her face.
Best wishes.
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.905)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.905) out of 10 for Hopscotch Day Nursery Portswood is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 39 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 39 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 4.905 for Hopscotch Day Nursery Portswood is calculated as follows: ( (423 Excellents x 5) + (40 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 465 Ratings = 4.905
  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 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Hopscotch Day Nursery Portswood is based on 39 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 20 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews, 0.05 Points for the next five Positive Reviews, and finally 0.025 Points for the next ten Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.050, 7th = 0.050, 8th = 0.050, 9th = 0.050, 10th = 0.050, 11th = 0.025, 12th = 0.025, 13th = 0.025, 14th = 0.025, 15th = 0.025, 16th = 0.025, 17th = 0.025, 18th = 0.025, 19th = 0.025, 20th = 0.025) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 = 4
    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 85 number of registered child places is 17, which has been reached with 39 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  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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Meet the Team (2)

Rebecca

Rebecca Steel

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2024

Hello, my name is Becky and I am the Manager of Hopscotch Portswood. I joined the Hopscotch team in 2024 and moved to the Portswood setting in January 2025. I quickly settled into the team and became a manager. I have been primarily preschool-based in my experience but have also been a higher-level teaching assistant in a school setting, having a role as SEN support and helping children learn.

At Hopscotch Portswood, we strive to deliver rich, meaningful interactions which allow children to be creative, show care and courage. We want our children to be happy, confident, and have a clear sense of self and belonging within their world, including their local community. We believe in recognising and celebrating children as individuals, and extending their learning through their interests, wants and needs. Our desire is that children experience play-based learning. Learning that should be fun, engaging and suitably challenging. Adults provide high-quality interactions and create meaningful bonds with their children and our families to ensure they are positive role models for learning and provide a home-from-home experience. We have a beautiful outside space which is used throughout all the weather, and we offer free-flow play to allow children to express their own independence and choice. We have a fabulous team of people with a range of experiences and specialities.

Alice

Alice Perry

Job Title: Deputy Manager Joined: 2022

I'm Alice and I am the Deputy Manager here at Hopscotch Portswood, I joined Hopscotch in December 2022 as a Room Leader. As a mum, I am passionate about providing the best quality childcare for our families and enjoy watching the children grow in confidence and seeing them develop over their time with us.


We strive to deliver rich meaningful interactions which allow children to be creative, and show care and courage. We want our children to be happy, and confident and have a clear sense of self and belonging within their world, including their local community. We believe in recognising, and celebrating children as individuals, and extend their learning through their interests, wants and needs. Our desire is for children to experience play-based learning. Learning that should be fun, engaging and suitably challenging.

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