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Archbishop Wake Nursery # Archbishop Wake Nursery Compare Contact Nursery Ofsted: Expected standard · Blandfords Children Centre, Black Lane, Blandford Forum, DT11 8SW · Dorset Number of places 57 places Age range 0–4 yrs Last inspected Mar 2026 Local authority Dorset About - About - Ofsted - Inclusion - FAQ - [About](#about) - [Ofsted](#ofsted) - [Inclusion](#inclusion) - [FAQ](#faq) Email Nursery ## About this day nursery Archbishop Wake CE Primary School and Nursery, located in Blandford Forum, is a childcare setting on non-domestic premises that was registered with Ofsted on September 1, 2025, and inspected on March 25, 2026. The inspection found that the safeguarding standards are met, with leaders fostering an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. The nursery caters to children aged 0 to 4 years and has a total capacity of 57 places. Staff at Archbishop Wake Nursery are warm and responsive, creating a welcoming and secure environment where children feel safe. The curriculum is broad and well-sequenced, supporting children's learning and development, with a clear focus on physical development and activities that promote healthy food choices. Children are encouraged to be confident communicators, expressing creative thoughts through activities like drawing and participating in familiar rhymes and phrases. The setting emphasises positive relationships between staff and children, with clear routines that help children understand their day and develop independence. What it's like Children at Archbishop Wake Nursery enjoy a wide range of learning opportunities both indoors and outdoors. They confidently explore their environment and engage in activities that foster their development and social skills. Staff's caring approach helps children form secure attachments, ensuring they feel safe and settled. Children play cooperatively and generally behave well, benefiting from well-established routines and positive communication with staff and peers. Safeguarding standards met Strong staff-child relationships Broad curriculum Promotes healthy eating Clear routines ## Key facts Opening hours Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 08:00 - 18:00 Established 2025 Ofsted Inspection — new report card ### Expected standard Last inspected Mar 2026 Headline: Expected standard Grade summary Exceptional — Strong standard — Expected standard Needs attention — Urgent improvement — Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up. Category grades Achievement Expected standard Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines Expected standard Children's welfare and wellbeing Expected standard Curriculum and teaching Expected standard Inclusion Expected standard Leadership and governance Expected standard Age range 0 to 4 Registers Early Years Register Ofsted Inspection ## Ofsted rating for Archbishop Wake Nursery Last inspected 25 March 2026 What it's like to attend Children at Archbishop Wake Nursery enjoy a wide range of learning opportunities both indoors and outdoors. They confidently explore their environment and engage in activities that foster their development and social skills. Staff's caring approach helps children form secure attachments, ensuring they feel safe and settled. Children play cooperatively and generally behave well, benefiting from well-established routines and positive communication with staff and peers. Inspector highlights - Children typically develop a range of key skills and knowledge across the curriculum and make continual progress from their individual starting points. - Babies and young children confidently navigate the environment, using large and small equipment with increasing independence. - Children of all ages are becoming confident communicators, listening well and expressing themselves using a wide vocabulary. - In general, children's personal, social, and emotional development is developing well, showing care and respect for one another and for staff. - Relationships between staff and children are positive and well established, with staff knowing their key children well. - Clear and consistent routines embedded across the setting help children to understand what will happen throughout the day and support their sense of security and independence. - Leaders have designed and implemented a broad and well-sequenced curriculum that supports children's learning and development. - Staff actively teach children important social skills, such as taking turns and sharing resources. - Leaders use additional funding appropriately to remove any barriers children may have to their learning. - Partnerships with parents and carers are positive, and staff gather information to ensure children's care routines are tailored to meet their individual needs. Areas to develop - 1 Leaders should increase opportunities for children to experience extended periods of time with minimal interruptions, so they can immerse themselves in play that motivates and engages them to fully extend their learning. - 2 Leaders should ensure routines and procedures around lunchtimes are consistently embedded, to promote healthy eating practices and help children to build positive habits and independence. - 3 Leaders should ensure staff consistently manage minor conflicts or disruptions swiftly and effectively, to help children learn how to manage their own feelings and behaviour in ways appropriate to their age and/or stage of development. Source: Ofsted [View full Ofsted report](https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50302944) ### Official Ofsted Report Independent inspection of Archbishop Wake Nursery Inspection date Mar 2026 [Download full report (PDF)](https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50302944)[View on Ofsted.gov.uk](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/16/2848515) Visit or enquire ### Book a show-around Most settings reply within 48 hours. 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[Claim this listing](/claim?nursery=archbishop-wake-nursery-dt11-8sw-2848515) Inclusion & environment ## How they support every child SEND provision Teaching is adapted effectively for children with barriers to their learning or special educational needs and/or disabilities. Staff attend training to ensure their knowledge of supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is up to date. Leaders target additional funding to have the greatest possible impact on children's outcomes. Inspection history Most recent inspection 25 March 2026 Expected standard Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published. 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