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Nurseries in Poole

There are 41 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Poole, and 14 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Poole

  • Ofsted report cards: 10 settings (32 Strong standard, 25 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 26 settings (3 Outstanding, 23 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Adventure Play Daycare - Day nursery, Poole TR15 3RU, ages 1 to 9, 27 places
    Ofsted report card, 23 July 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • All Saints Nursery - Day nursery, Poole BH13 7BP, ages 2 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 10 March 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Ashley Cross Montessori - Day nursery, Poole BH14 0JU, ages 1 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 28 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bayside View Preschool - Pre-school, Poole BH16 5AH, 39 places
  • Bibury Kindergarten - Day nursery, Poole BH12 2LH, 77 places
  • Bizzybeez Childcare Ltd - Day nursery, Poole BH16 6FE, ages 1 to 4, 31 places
    Ofsted, 21 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Horizons Poole Montessori Day Nursery - Day nursery, Poole BH14 9LY, ages 0 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 25 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Creekmoor Day Nursery Limited - Day nursery, Poole BH17 7XZ, 30 places
    Ofsted, 7 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cuddles Day Nursery Canford Heath - Day nursery, Poole BH17 8PJ, ages 0 to 12, 229 places
    Ofsted, 3 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cuddles Day Nursery Parkstone - Day nursery, Poole BH12 4HR, ages 0 to 12, 128 places
    Ofsted report card, 2 April 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Dingley's Promise Poole - Pre-school, Poole BH12 1AW, ages 2 to 4, 12 places
    Ofsted report card, 20 May 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • First Steps Day Nursery - Day nursery, Poole BH15 3LD, ages 0 to 10, 92 places
    Ofsted, 9 April 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Flying Start Nursery - Cornwall College - Day nursery, Poole TR15 3FG, ages 0 to 7, 96 places
    Ofsted, 11 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Greenwood Nursery - Day nursery, Poole BH16 5EU, 90 places
  • Happy Days Day Nursery Poole - Day nursery, Poole BH17 7FF, 90 places
    Ofsted, 23 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Jumping Jellybeans Pre-school - Pre-school, Poole BH17 9ET, ages 1 to 3, 26 places
    Ofsted report card, 15 September 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Kids Love Nature Kindergarten Lytchett - Day nursery, Poole BH16 6JE, ages 0 to 4, 64 places
    Ofsted, 15 September 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Angels Nursery - Pre-school, Poole BH15 4HP, ages 1 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted report card, 27 January 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Little Beans Day Care (Garland) Limited - Day nursery, Poole BH15 2LD, ages 1 to 12, 58 places
    Ofsted report card, 11 August 2026: Expected standard in 3 areas, Needs attention in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Little People Pre-School - Pre-school, Poole BH12 4DY, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 13 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Stars Education Limited - Day nursery, Poole BH14 9LU, ages 0 to 4, 73 places
    Ofsted, 26 January 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Lollipops Preschool - Pre-school, Poole BH12 4AB, ages 2 to 3, 26 places
    Ofsted report card, 18 September 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Muddy Boots Nursery School - Day nursery, Poole BH16 5AH, ages 0 to 3, 35 places
    Ofsted, 20 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Muddy Boots Nursery School - Day nursery, Poole BH15 4BS, ages 2 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 2 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Nemo's Nursery and Pre-School - Day nursery, Poole BH13 6DQ, ages 0 to 4, 39 places
    Ofsted report card, 6 January 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Puss 'n' Boots Day Nursery - Day nursery, Poole BH13 6AR, ages 0 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 18 August 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rainbow Day Nursery School Ltd - Day nursery, Poole BH15 1TP, ages 0 to 4, 65 places
    Ofsted, 10 September 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rock a Tots UK Ltd - Day nursery, Poole BH13 7ES, ages 0 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 7 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rockley Point Sailing School - Pre-school, Poole BH15 4RW
  • Rockley Poole Park - Pre-school, Poole BH15 2SF
  • St. Gabriel's Pre-School - Pre-school, Poole BH16 5BH, ages 2 to 4, 48 places
    Ofsted, 25 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St John's Church Pre-School Nursery - Day nursery, Poole BH14 0AA, ages 2 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 29 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sunbeams Day Care - Day nursery, Poole BH12 2BG, ages 2 to 4, 52 places
    Ofsted, 30 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Talbot Woods Day Nursery and Nursery School - Day nursery, Poole BH12 5BB, ages 0 to 4, 91 places
    Ofsted report card, 3 February 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • The Beacon Church Preschool - Pre-school, Poole BH17 8UE, ages 2 to 4, 48 places
    Ofsted, 30 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Old School House Cabot Lane - Day nursery, Poole BH17 7BX, ages 0 to 4, 48 places
    Ofsted, 5 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Old School House Nursery And Pre School - Day nursery, Poole BH14 0JW, ages 0 to 4, 80 places
    Ofsted, 16 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Three Gables Day Nursery & Pre-School Ashley Cross - Day nursery, Poole BH14 0LP, ages 0 to 4, 42 places
    Ofsted, 8 December 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tiny Explorers Pre-School - Pre-school, Poole BH17 8AP, ages 2 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 14 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tops Day Nursery - Day nursery, Poole BH15 2DG, ages 0 to 6, 132 places
    Ofsted report card, 29 April 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Upton Methodist Church Pre-School - Pre-school, Poole BH16 5NN, ages 2 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 25 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Casa Camp - Out-of-school club, Poole BH14 0PZ
  • Casa Camp - Out-of-school club, Poole BH15 4DG
  • Casa Camp - Out-of-school club, Poole BH14 8UL
  • Foundation Sports And Play - Out-of-school club, Poole BH14 9JY, 25 places
  • Kidscape at Livingstone Primary Federation - Out-of-school club, Poole BH12 3DX, 60 places
  • Kings Camps - Out-of-school club, Poole BH15 4AX
  • Land & Wave Sandbanks - Out-of-school club, Poole BH13 7QQ
  • Old Town Inf - Out-of-school club, Poole BH15 1QB, 30 places
  • SC SMS - Out-of-school club, Poole BH15 3QQ
  • Step into Sport Longfleet Primary School - Out-of-school club, Poole BH15 2HF
  • Step into Sport Oakdale Junior School - Out-of-school club, Poole BH15 3JR
  • Superstars At Ocean Academy - Out-of-school club, Poole BH14 0PZ
  • Super Stars @Stanley Green - Out-of-school club, Poole BH15 3AA, 25 places
  • Total Sports Lytchett - Out-of-school club, Poole BH16 6DY

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Poole

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.