Full-day nursery in Edmondsham, Dorset
The Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery
Edmondsham Village Hall, Edmondsham, WIMBORNE, BH21 5RF · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- 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
Edmondsham Village Hall, Edmondsham, WIMBORNE, BH21 5RF · More nurseries in BH21
Buses
2 bus stops within 400 m, including The Stocks.
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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The Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery is a full-day nursery at Edmondsham Village Hall, Edmondsham, WIMBORNE, BH21 5RF, in Edmondsham, Dorset. It is registered for 16 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 11 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Elves and Fairies Woodland NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Verwood Day Nursery LtdFull-day nursery | Report card 2025 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 3.3 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Cranborne Church of England First School Primaryages 2–9has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 1.1 miles
- Cranborne Middle School Middle deemed secondaryages 9–13Ofsted: Some aspects not as stronginspected January 2025 1.2 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 The Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery Good at its inspection on 28 April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery take?
The Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 16 children at any one time.
How do I contact The Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery?
You can call 01725 517807 and visit elves-fairieswoodlandnursery.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 EY422487 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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