Full-day nursery in Ringwood, Hampshire
Little Monkeys at The Old Cottage
The Old Cottage, 14 West Street, Ringwood, BH24 1DZ · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Requires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Leadership and managementRequires improvement
- 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since April 2024Reference 2785746Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 26 September 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places60 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 7 August 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Old Cottage, 14 West Street, Ringwood, BH24 1DZ · More nurseries in BH24
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Meeting House Lane.
Parks and playgrounds
- Jubilee Gardens1 min walk
- Bickerley Common6 min walk
- Dr. Little's Garden7 min walk
- War Memorial Gardens8 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Carvers Play Area playground10 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 Hampshire there are about 2.7 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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Little Monkeys at The Old Cottage is a full-day nursery at The Old Cottage, 14 West Street, Ringwood, BH24 1DZ, in Ringwood, Hampshire. It is registered for 60 children. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Ringwood Church of England Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.4 miles
- Ringwood Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected April 2025 0.6 miles
- Ringwood Waldorf School ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- Sheiling School ages 5–19 0.9 miles
- St Ives Primary & Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected December 2023 1.3 miles
- Poulner Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 1.3 miles
- Poulner Infant School and Nursery Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 1.4 miles
- Ringwood School Academy Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.5 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 Little Monkeys at The Old Cottage's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Monkeys at The Old Cottage Requires improvement at its inspection on 26 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Monkeys at The Old Cottage take?
Little Monkeys at The Old Cottage is registered with Ofsted for up to 60 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, 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 2785746 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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