# Full-day nurseries in Dorset We list 92 nurseries in Dorset that match “Full-day”, out of 123 nurseries in the area. Across all 123 nurseries in Dorset (92 full-day, 31 sessional) there are 5,324 registered places. Figures as of November 2026. Page: https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/full-day Updated November 2026. ## At a glance - Nurseries: 123 (92 full-day · 31 sessional) - Registered places: 5,324 (about 43 per nursery) ## Nurseries (page 1 of 4) | Nursery | Type | Ofsted | Day fee from | Hours | Ages | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | [Shaftesbury Children Centre Nursery](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/shaftesbury-children-centre-nursery-2535359) | Full-day nursery | Outstanding | | | | | [The Caterpillar Club](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/the-caterpillar-club-144322) | Full-day nursery | Outstanding | | | | | [Tops Gillingham](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/tops-gillingham-2649112) | Full-day nursery | Good | | 06:00–20:00 | | | [Fontmell Magna Under Fives](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/fontmell-magna-under-fives-ey413949) | Full-day nursery | Outstanding | | | | | [Muddy Monkies](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/muddy-monkies-2556170) | Full-day nursery | Outstanding | | | | | [Kids Love Nature Kindergarten Lytchett](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/kids-love-nature-kindergarten-lytchett-ey561513) | Full-day nursery | Outstanding | | | | | [Charminster Preschool](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/charminster-preschool-ey337568) | Full-day nursery | Outstanding | | | | | [Forget Me Not Day Nursery](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/forget-me-not-day-nursery-2623955) | Full-day nursery | Good | | 08:00–18:00 | | | [Judy's House Ltd](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/judys-house-ltd-2693295) | Full-day nursery | Outstanding | | | | | [Little Acorns Playgroup](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/little-acorns-playgroup-ey281575) | Full-day nursery | Outstanding | | | | | [Pamphill Pre School Nursery](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/pamphill-pre-school-nursery-144301) | Full-day nursery | Outstanding | | | | | [Rainbow's End Montessori School](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/rainbows-end-montessori-school-ey344005) | Full-day nursery | Outstanding | | | | | [Stalbridge Pre-School](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/stalbridge-pre-school-ey419797) | Full-day nursery | Outstanding | | | | | [Jelly Babies Day Nursery](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/jelly-babies-day-nursery-140994) | Full-day nursery | Good | | | | | [Kingswood Day Nurseries Limited](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/kingswood-day-nurseries-limited-ey280673) | Full-day nursery | Good | | | | | [Little Firs Day Nursery](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/little-firs-day-nursery-141017) | Full-day nursery | Good | | | | | [Scallywags Child Care Centre](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/scallywags-child-care-centre-ey384987) | Full-day nursery | Good | | | | | [Sunbeams Shillingstone](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/sunbeams-shillingstone-2659314) | Full-day nursery | Good | | | | | [The Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/the-elves-and-fairies-woodland-nursery-ey422487) | Full-day nursery | Good | | | | | [Little Birds Pre-school](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/little-birds-pre-school-2634135) | Full-day nursery | Outstanding | | | | | [Bradpole Preschool](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/bradpole-preschool-ey358101) | Full-day nursery | Good | | | | | [Chuckles Day Nursery](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/chuckles-day-nursery-140989) | Full-day nursery | Good | | | | | [Haylands](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/haylands-ey337262) | Full-day nursery | Good | | | | | [Lower Covey Limited](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/lower-covey-limited-2836189) | Full-day nursery | | | 07:45–18:00 | | | [The Grove Pre-School Playgroup](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/the-grove-pre-school-playgroup-139370) | Full-day nursery | Good | | | | | [The Little Learners Nursery](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/the-little-learners-nursery-2532842) | Full-day nursery | Good | | | | | [The Ark Child Okeford](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/the-ark-child-okeford-141096) | Full-day nursery | Good | | | | | [Kaleidoscope Day Nursery](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/kaleidoscope-day-nursery-ey411243) | Full-day nursery | Report card, Jan 2026 | | | | | [Allsorts](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/allsorts-ey296685) | Full-day nursery | Good | | | | | [Bizzybeez Childcare Ltd](https://toddly.co.uk/nursery/bizzybeez-childcare-ltd-2755348) | Full-day nursery | Good | | | | Next page: /nurseries/south-west/dorset/full-day?page=2 ## Filters - [Full-day](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/full-day.md) (92) - [Sessional / pre-school](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/sessional.md) (31) - [Rated Outstanding](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/outstanding.md) (15) ## Areas within Dorset - [Charlestown](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/charlestown.md) (4) - [Dorchester](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/dorchester.md) (4) - [Sherborne](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/sherborne.md) (4) - [Verwood](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/verwood.md) (4) - [Corfe Mullen](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/corfe-mullen.md) (3) - [Ferndown](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/ferndown.md) (3) - [Upton](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/upton.md) (3) - [Blandford Forum](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/blandford-forum.md) (2) - [Canford Bottom](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/canford-bottom.md) (2) - [Coneygar](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/coneygar.md) (2) - [Dudsbury](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/dudsbury.md) (2) - [Easton](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/easton.md) (2) - [Mount Pleasant](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/mount-pleasant.md) (2) - [Poundbury](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/poundbury.md) (2) - [Shaftesbury](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/shaftesbury.md) (2) - [Southwell](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/southwell.md) (2) - [Wareham](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/wareham.md) (2) - [Westham](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/westham.md) (2) - [Wimborne Minster](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/wimborne-minster.md) (2) - [Abbotsbury](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/abbotsbury.md) (1) - [Ashley Heath](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/ashley-heath.md) (1) - [Beaminster](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/beaminster.md) (1) - [Blandford St Mary](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/blandford-st-mary.md) (1) - [Bradford Abbas](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/bradford-abbas.md) (1) - [Bridport](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/bridport.md) (1) - [Bryanston](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/bryanston.md) (1) - [Charminster](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/charminster.md) (1) - [Chickerell](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/chickerell.md) (1) - [Child Okeford](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/child-okeford.md) (1) - [Chiswell](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/chiswell.md) (1) - [Daggons](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/daggons.md) (1) - [East Brook](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/east-brook.md) (1) - [Ebblake](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/ebblake.md) (1) - [Edmondsham](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/edmondsham.md) (1) - [Evershot](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/evershot.md) (1) - [Fontmell Magna](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/fontmell-magna.md) (1) - [Frome St Quintin](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/frome-st-quintin.md) (1) - [Gillingham](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/gillingham.md) (1) - [Grange Estate](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/grange-estate.md) (1) - [Hayes](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/hayes.md) (1) - [Herston](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/herston.md) (1) - [Hill Street](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/hill-street.md) (1) - [Hooke](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/hooke.md) (1) - [Hopsfield](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/hopsfield.md) (1) - [Iwerne Minster](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/iwerne-minster.md) (1) - [Langton Long Blandford](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/langton-long-blandford.md) (1) - [Leigh](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/leigh.md) (1) - [Lodbourne](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/lodbourne.md) (1) - [Longburton](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/longburton.md) (1) - [Lytchett Matravers & Upton](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/lytchett-matravers-and-upton.md) (1) - [Lytchett Minster](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/lytchett-minster.md) (1) - [Marnhull](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/marnhull.md) (1) - [Melcombe Regis](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/melcombe-regis.md) (1) - [Mosterton](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/mosterton.md) (1) - [New Swanage](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/new-swanage.md) (1) - [New Town](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/new-town.md) (1) - [New Zealand](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/new-zealand.md) (1) - [Newton](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/newton.md) (1) - [Pamphill](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/pamphill.md) (1) - [Peacemarsh](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/dorset/peacemarsh.md) (1) ## Postcode districts - [BH16](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/bh16.md) (8) - [BH19](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/bh19.md) (3) - [BH20](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/bh20.md) (6) - [BH21](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/bh21.md) (22) - [BH22](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/bh22.md) (8) - [BH24](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/bh24.md) (8) - [BH31](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/bh31.md) (4) - [DT1](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/dt1.md) (6) - [DT10](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/dt10.md) (3) - [DT11](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/dt11.md) (13) - [DT2](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/dt2.md) (7) - [DT3](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/dt3.md) (5) - [DT4](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/dt4.md) (10) - [DT5](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/dt5.md) (5) - [DT6](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/dt6.md) (6) - [DT8](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/dt8.md) (3) - [DT9](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/dt9.md) (8) - [SP6](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/sp6.md) (5) - [SP7](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/sp7.md) (3) - [SP8](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/postcode/sp8.md) (4) ## Neighbouring areas - [Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole.md) (126) - [Somerset](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/somerset.md) (177) - [Southampton](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-east/southampton.md) (80) - [Wiltshire](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/wiltshire.md) (217) - [Bath and North East Somerset](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-west/bath-and-north-east-somerset.md) (67) - [Isle of Wight](https://toddly.co.uk/nurseries/south-east/isle-of-wight.md) (35) ## Frequently asked questions ### How many full-day nurseries are there in Dorset? We list 92 nurseries in Dorset that match: full-day. ### How many nurseries are there in Dorset? We list 123 nurseries in Dorset: 92 full-day and 31 sessional, with 5,324 registered places between them (as of November 2026). ### Which areas are near Dorset? Neighbouring areas include Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, Somerset, Southampton and Wiltshire. ## Sources Ofsted register and inspections, nursery websites, Google Maps (ratings only) and DfE data, as dated on each nursery page. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.