Full-day nursery in Frome St Quintin, Dorset
Barn Owls Nursery
Barnhayes Farm, Frome St. Quintin, Dorchester, DT2 0HG · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Barnhayes Farm, Frome St. Quintin, Dorchester, DT2 0HG · More nurseries in DT2
Buses
1 bus stop within 400 m, including Hunters Lodge.
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Dorset there are about 2.8 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Barn Owls Nursery is a full-day nursery at Barnhayes Farm, Frome St. Quintin, Dorchester, DT2 0HG, in Frome St Quintin, Dorset. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barn Owls NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Sticklands Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.7 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Barn Owls Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Barn Owls Nursery Good at its inspection on 28 August 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Barn Owls Nursery take?
Barn Owls Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY361933 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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