Colehill Nursery
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Wimborne for children from birth to 5, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 2004, with 26 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Dorset
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Dorset from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
BH21 2LZWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 24 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the nursery happily and are warmly welcomed by staff. They feel safe and secure and have strong relationships with staff who are kind, caring and nurturing. Children are confident and imaginative and thoroughly enjoy role play activities where they share their ideas with friends. They work together to solve problems. For example, children discuss how to lift and fit a pushchair into the book area to read their 'baby' a story. They make marks with a variety of tools.
Children are creative and enjoy singing, making music and crafts.
Children develop a love of reading. Staff read stories with enthusiasm and children join in with excitement. As well as planned storytelling, children ask staff to read to them, share books with their friends and look at them independently. As a result of this and good-quality staff interactions, children use vocabulary well. For example, children say they need to clean the table after eating in the mud kitchen as it is their 'responsibility'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to develop their skills and knowledge to further support children's mathematical development n extend opportunities for children to learn about similarities and differences between themselves and others.
- 24 March 2022Good
- 26 May 2016Outstanding
- 18 December 2008Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Colehill Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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