Full-day nursery in Three Legged Cross, Dorset
The Little Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery
Sturts Community Trust, Sturts Farm, Three Cross Road, West Moors, Ferndown, BH22 0NF · 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
Sturts Community Trust, Sturts Farm, Three Cross Road, West Moors, Ferndown, BH22 0NF · More nurseries in BH22
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Payne Close and Collingwood Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground7 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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The Little Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery is a full-day nursery at Sturts Community Trust, Sturts Farm, Three Cross Road, West Moors, Ferndown, BH22 0NF, in Three Legged Cross, Dorset. It is registered for 23 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 (October 2026).
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery Primaryages 2–9has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.8 miles
- Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School Primaryages 2–9has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 1.0 miles
- Oakhurst Community First School Primaryages 5–9has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 1.3 miles
- West Moors Middle School Middle deemed secondaryages 9–13Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.5 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 Little Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Little Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery Good at its inspection on 4 April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Little Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery take?
The Little Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 23 children at any one time.
How do I contact The Little Elves and Fairies Woodland Nursery?
You can call 01725 517807 and visit www.gulliversfarmshop.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 2726043 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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