Sessional pre-school in Rossmore, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole
Little People Pre-School
Bourne Community Hub, Northmere Road, Poole, BH12 4DY · 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
Bourne Community Hub, Northmere Road, Poole, BH12 4DY · More nurseries in BH12
Stations
- Branksome19 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
21 bus stops within 400 m, including Bourne Community Hub, Aspen Road and Northmere Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Branksome Recreation playground11 min walk
- Playground11 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.
What parents say
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Little People Pre-School is a sessional pre-school at Bourne Community Hub, Northmere Road, Poole, BH12 4DY, in Rossmore, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole. It is registered for 32 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little People Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Cuddles Day Nursery ParkstoneFull-day nursery | Report card 2026 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.1 miles
- The Quay School ages 5–18Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 0.4 miles
- Heatherlands Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2022 0.5 miles
- Langside School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.5 miles
- Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.6 miles
- Manorside Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 0.6 miles
- Talbot Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.7 miles
- Winchelsea School ages 4–19Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 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 Little People Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little People Pre-School Good at its inspection on 13 July 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little People Pre-School take?
Little People Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 32 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little People Pre-School?
Branksome 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 EY492279 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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