Full-day nursery in Shillingstone, Dorset
Sunbeams Shillingstone
Shillingstone C E V A Primary School, Augustan Avenue, Shillingstone, Blandford Forum, DT11 0TX · 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
Shillingstone C E V A Primary School, Augustan Avenue, Shillingstone, Blandford Forum, DT11 0TX · More nurseries in DT11
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Spencer Gardens and Vale Cottages.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground4 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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Sunbeams Shillingstone is a full-day nursery at Shillingstone C E V A Primary School, Augustan Avenue, Shillingstone, Blandford Forum, DT11 0TX, in Shillingstone, Dorset. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 4 reviews (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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunbeams ShillingstoneThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Blandford Opportunity GroupSessional pre-school | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 4.2 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Shillingstone Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 under 0.1 miles
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 1.1 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 Sunbeams Shillingstone's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sunbeams Shillingstone Good at its inspection on 4 March 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
Who runs Sunbeams Shillingstone?
Sunbeams Shillingstone is run by Sunbeams Day Care Limited, which runs 3 nurseries.
How do I contact Sunbeams Shillingstone?
You can call 01258 863523 and visit www.sunbeamsdaycare.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2659314 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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