Full-day nursery in Stour Provost, Dorset
Stower Vale Pre-School
Woodville Stour Provost, Gillingham, SP8 5LX · 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
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Woodville Stour Provost, Gillingham, SP8 5LX · More nurseries in SP8
Buses
2 bus stops within 400 m, including Stour Provost Community School.
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, 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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Stower Vale Pre-School is a full-day nursery at Woodville Stour Provost, Gillingham, SP8 5LX, in Stour Provost, Dorset. It is registered for 21 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2024, 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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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Stower Provost Community School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 under 0.1 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Marnhull Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2023 1.7 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 Stower Vale Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Stower Vale Pre-School Good at its inspection on 24 October 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Stower Vale Pre-School take?
Stower Vale Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 21 children at any one time.
How do I contact Stower Vale Pre-School?
You can call 01747 839942 and visit www.stowervalepreschool.co.uk.
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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.
- 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 139377 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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