Holwell Nursery School
Sherborne, Dorset · DT9 5LP
Inspected by Ofsted on 13 September 2024 under the report card framework.
Registration
- Ofsted URN
- 139383
- Provider type
- Childcare on Non-Domestic Premises, Full day care
- Registered since
- 29 September 1993
- Local authority
- Dorset
On the Early Years Register and the Compulsory Childcare Register and the Voluntary Childcare Register.
Where it is
Sherborne, Dorset · DT9 5LP. Location from the Ofsted register.
Inspection history
Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall rating rather than grading each area.
- 24 October 2018 inspection Good
- 7 November 2017 inspection Requires Improvement
- 21 November 2014 inspection Good
- 2 December 2013 inspection Requires Improvement
- 21 February 2011 inspection Good
- 26 November 2007 inspection Good
- 22 January 2003 inspection Outstanding
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Holwell Nursery School in Sherborne, Dorset was last inspected on 13 September 2024. That inspection used Ofsted's report card framework, which replaced single-word overall ratings for early years settings in November 2025.
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Holwell Nursery School has been registered with Ofsted since 29 September 1993. Its unique reference number (URN) is 139383.
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