Sessional pre-school in Verwood, Dorset
Hillside Pre-School and Early Learning Group
Hillside Road, Verwood, BH31 7HE · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Hillside Road, Verwood, BH31 7HE · More nurseries in BH31
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Hillside Road and Verwood Memorial Hall.
Parks and playgrounds
- Verwood Recreation Ground3 min walk
- Verwood Green6 min walk
- Champtoceaux Green9 min walk
- Verwood Recreation Playground4 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Eastworth Play Area playground12 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 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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Hillside Pre-School and Early Learning Group is a sessional pre-school at Hillside Road, Verwood, BH31 7HE, in Verwood, Dorset. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Pre-School and Early Learning GroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| The Elves and Fairies Woodland NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 2.3 miles |
| Kingswood Day Nurseries LimitedFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 2.4 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Hillside Community First School Primaryages 4–9Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Trinity Church of England First School Primaryages 4–9Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected March 2025 0.4 miles
- Verwood Church of England First School Primaryages 2–9has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.9 miles
- Emmanuel Church of England Middle School Middle deemed secondaryages 9–13Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 0.8 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 Hillside Pre-School and Early Learning Group's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Hillside Pre-School and Early Learning Group Good at its inspection on 16 February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Hillside Pre-School and Early Learning Group take?
Hillside Pre-School and Early Learning Group is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
How do I contact Hillside Pre-School and Early Learning Group?
You can call 01202 820679 and visit www.hillsidepreschool.org.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 144286 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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