Girls & Boys Nursery Warren Park

At its May 2025 inspection, calm sensory spaces and a lending library illustrated Girls & Boys Nursery Warren Park's support for individual children alongside stories, conversation and learning to manage everyday tasks. Based at Warren Park Primary School on Sandleford Road in Havant, it accepts children from 3 months to 5 years and has 84 places in total.

At its May 2025 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good, judged safeguarding effective and found that adapted activities, timely referrals and collaboration with families and professionals supported children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Those findings matter for parents seeking concrete support rather than broad promises of inclusion.

There were also clear improvements to make. Children needed more thinking time after questions, and some everyday routines needed better organisation. These are useful points to explore alongside the nursery's strengths.

Learning and Activities

The early years foundation stage provides the framework for children's learning, development and care, bringing everyday experiences and learning together. Here, the May 2025 account connects that framework with attachment-building for younger children and growing independence for older ones. That gives parents a useful picture of how priorities change as children grow.

In May 2025, the youngest children's curriculum centred on relationships, while older children practised social skills and doing things for themselves in preparation for school. Singing, rhymes with actions, pictures and signing gave children different ways to join in and communicate. The emphasis was practical: communication could happen through movement or an image as well as spoken words.

The same month's observations included reading spaces outdoors as well as inside. Children selected books and listened to stories, making reading part of their surroundings rather than something confined to a single activity. Younger children shared bubble play, while older children dug together in the sand pit. These examples show how play created opportunities to take turns and spend time with friends.

Outdoor and Community Life

In May 2025, children searched outside for insects and discussed their discoveries with staff. Their own interests supplied the starting point for conversation. Outings included a farm, extending experiences beyond the nursery, although the value here is the concrete example rather than any assumption about how often trips happen.

Health learning also had a practical element that month. Children practised toothbrushing and received visits from the dentist. Conversations about the weather helped explain the use of sun cream, linking an everyday care routine with understanding their bodies.

Relationships and Communication

In May 2025, children approached familiar staff for comfort and involved them in play. For younger children, that connection matters: an adult can be both a source of reassurance and someone to share an activity with.

Communication with families extended beyond a brief exchange. That month, staff discussed children's development and next learning steps with parents, gathered information about home languages and cultural backgrounds, and offered resources for use at home. The lending library let children borrow books, giving families a concrete way to continue reading together.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

Calm spaces with sensory resources and a dedicated SEND area were in use in May 2025. Staff used the latter for activities tailored to children's next learning steps. These physical arrangements help explain what individual support looked like in practice, alongside the referrals and professional collaboration covered above.

Everyday routines deserve equal attention. In May 2025, preschool children ate in two lunch sittings to create a quieter mealtime. Snack time was less successful: noise left some children unsettled and reduced their participation. A calm lunch arrangement did not mean every routine worked equally well.

Sessions and Attendance

Warren Park opens from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, and operates across the year, with closures for bank holidays and Christmas. The address is Warren Park Primary School, Sandleford Road, Havant, PO9 4LR. Contact Warren Park provides an enquiry route for this branch.

Funding and Moving On

In May 2025, the nursery provided funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-olds. This is a dated part of its offer, rather than a guarantee of an individual family's entitlement.

Its address places it at Warren Park Primary School. Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. School preparation and school admission are separate decisions.

• Thinking time. In May 2025, staff sometimes moved on before children had enough time to formulate an answer. During a visit, ask how practitioners now pace questions and allow children to respond.
• Busy routines. Noise and restlessness affected snack time in May 2025, despite the calmer preschool lunch arrangement. Ask how snack time is organised now, especially if your child finds busy group activities difficult.
• Attendance and extras. The opening window runs from 8am to 6pm across the working week. Which booking patterns and funded-hours arrangements would fit your family, and how would meals and non-food consumables be handled?

Warren Park suits families who value individual support, everyday independence and reading that carries into home life. Its May 2025 examples give those priorities substance: sensory resources, tailored activities and book borrowing are tangible arrangements. The weekday opening window also makes it relevant to families needing care across the working day.

The decision should include how children experience questions and busy routines. Those were the specific weaknesses identified in May 2025, and they matter alongside the positive picture of relationships and inclusion.