Full-day nursery in Charminster, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole
Emma's Day Nursery Pre-School
218 Charminster Road, Bournemouth, BH8 9RW · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
218 Charminster Road, Bournemouth, BH8 9RW · More nurseries in BH8
Stations
- Bournemouth20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including St. Albans Church, Maxwell Road and Richmond Wood Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Winton Recreation Ground2 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, 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 Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole there are about 3.2 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.
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Emma's Day Nursery Pre-School is a full-day nursery at 218 Charminster Road, Bournemouth, BH8 9RW, in Charminster, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Emma's Day Nursery Ltd.
Run by Emma's Day Nursery Ltd (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma's Day Nursery Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Little Stars Queens ParkSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Linwood School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.2 miles
- Malmesbury Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.5 miles
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- St Martin's School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- Queen's Park Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- Queen's Park Infant Academy Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.7 miles
- St. Walburga's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.7 miles
- Park School ages 0–11has a nursery class 0.8 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Emma's Day Nursery Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Emma's Day Nursery Pre-School Outstanding at its inspection on 9 September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Emma's Day Nursery Pre-School take?
Emma's Day Nursery Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
Who runs Emma's Day Nursery Pre-School?
Emma's Day Nursery Pre-School is run by Emma's Day Nursery Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Emma's Day Nursery Pre-School?
Bournemouth is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY537566 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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