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School nursery class in Poole

Yarrells Preparatory School

Part of a schoolTakes funded hoursFrom age 2Part of a school

A school nursery class in Poole for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £93.65 a day for age 2+, and they take the funded hours. Ofsted has not yet published a graded inspection.

Call 01202622229Their website

Cost

What it costs

Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.

£93.65 a dayAge 2+
Full Day Session 8:00am - 6:00pm AYR - £93.65 / day TT - £97.13 / day Including Forest School, Dance, Swimming, French, Afternoon Care, Creche, Hot Lunch and Tea.

One published rate, dated April 2026–March 2027. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.

Funded hours

Under 2s Government Funding (from 9 months); Government funding for 2, 3 & 4 year olds.

Worth knowing. Funding applies between 11:00am–5:00pm (up to 6 hours per day). Minimum 3 sessions per week. No term-time only option for Cotton Tails & Kittens. From January 2027, ad hoc sessions will still be bookable as normal, however funded hours won't be available for these hours.

What childcare usually costs in Dorset

£6.50an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£6.00an hour, typical for a 3 and 4 years old

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.

£93.65 a day is above the Dorset median of £6.00 an hour. A ten-hour day at the median would come to about £60. The median covers every provider in the council, including childminders, so a nursery sitting above it is normal.
The basics

Places, hours and the day

Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.

Who they can take
Babies from 6 months, up to school ageRegistered with Ofsted for from age 2.
When it's open
07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a weekFrom their Google listing
Funded hours
Takes them
Meals
Not includedHot School Lunch £5 per day; Tea £2 per day; Full Day Session for Nutkins & Squirrels includes Hot Lunch and Tea
Nappies
You provide them
Outdoor space
Yes, and forest school
How many children
Not published
How long open
Not known
Address
Yarrells House, Poole, BH16 5EU

Where it is

BH16 5EU
Ofsted URN S113914
The rating

What Ofsted said

Ofsted hasn't published a graded inspection for this setting yet.

Not yet inspected

Ofsted has not published a graded inspection for this setting.

Still missing for Yarrells Preparatory School

  • Waiting list

No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.

Before you ring

What to ask them

Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.

  • Is £93.65 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
  • How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
  • Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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.
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Montacute School

School nursery class · 3 Canford Heath Road, Poole, BH17 9NG

Part of a schoolFree funded hoursFrom age 2Term time, school hoursPart of a school
2.3 mi
6 min drive
01202693239Their website

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Everything here comes from Ofsted's published childcare register, under the Open Government Licence. Ratings are quoted exactly as Ofsted gave them, with their dates. Read the full Ofsted reports · How we put this together.

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