Full-day nursery in Dudsbury, Dorset
Muddy Munchkins Forest Nursery
Dudsbury Girl Guides Camp, 174 Christchurch Road, West Parley, Ferndown, BH22 8SS · 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
Dudsbury Girl Guides Camp, 174 Christchurch Road, West Parley, Ferndown, BH22 8SS · More nurseries in BH22
Buses
2 bus stops within 400 m, including Horns Inn.
Parks and playgrounds
- Casterbridge Road Play Area 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 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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Muddy Munchkins Forest Nursery is a full-day nursery at Dudsbury Girl Guides Camp, 174 Christchurch Road, West Parley, Ferndown, BH22 8SS, in Dudsbury, Dorset. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.0 (October 2026). It is run by Sunbeams Day Care Limited.
Run by Sunbeams Day Care Limited (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Parley First School Primaryages 4–9Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2023 0.7 miles
- Kinson Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 1.1 miles
- Portfield School ages 4–19Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 1.2 miles
- Ferndown First School Primaryages 4–9Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 1.3 miles
- Christ The King Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected May 2025 1.4 miles
- Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School Primaryages 5–9 1.5 miles
- Elm Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 1.7 miles
- Ferndown Middle School Middle deemed secondaryages 9–13Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 1.4 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 Muddy Munchkins Forest Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Muddy Munchkins Forest Nursery Good at its inspection on 5 October 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Muddy Munchkins Forest Nursery take?
Muddy Munchkins Forest Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
Who runs Muddy Munchkins Forest Nursery?
Muddy Munchkins Forest Nursery is run by Sunbeams Day Care Limited, which runs 3 nurseries.
How do I contact Muddy Munchkins Forest Nursery?
You can call 01202 737100 and visit muddymunchkins.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 October 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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY562917 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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