Early Years Facilities within the Borough

 

Pre-schools and Day Nurseries

 

Pre Schools offer informal education for children from 2 years 9 months through to school age and are inspected and registered by OFSTED (this is an external hyperlink). A pre-school session lasts approximately 2 ½  hours with children attending up to 5 sessions a week. Funding for 3 and 4 year olds is available through the Early Education and Childcare Unit. For more information, follow the link below.

Children learn through play and follow a pre-school curriculum covering personal and social development, language and literacy, mathematics, knowledge and understanding of the world, physical and creative development. Some pre-schools in the Fareham area are privately owned whilst others are community run.

Pre-schools are represented on the Fareham and Gosport branch of the Pre-school Learning Alliance. For further information, you can contact the Hampshire Pre-school Learning Alliance on 01962 840633.

Day nurseries provide flexible day care ranging from full day to sessional. Many nurseries will take children from 6 months onward. They are inspected and registered by OFSTED (this is an external hyperlink) annually. For more information, contact Hampshire County Council's Children's Information Service (this is an external hyperlink).

An alphabetical list of pre-schools in the Fareham area.

For further information on the above please contact the Community Unit on Tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail customerservices@fareham.gov.uk.