The Ark Child Okeford: Ofsted & Fees 2026

The Ark Child Okeford

IndependentDay Nursery

Profile updated · DfE GIAS

St. Nicholas C of E Primary School, Station Road, DT11 8EL

St. Nicholas C of E Primary School, Station Road, DT11 8EL Website 01258 861007

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GoodFeb 2025View full report

GoodFeb 2025

Inspected Feb 2025 · View report

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Inspection · Good, Feb 2025 (1 year ago)

Source · Ofsted · Inspected Feb 2025

Type

Private Day Nursery

Age Range

Not published

Registered Places

Registration

Active

Ofsted Registers

EYR, CCR, VCR

Provider Type

Full Day Care

Deprivation (IMD)

Decile 7/10 (1 = most deprived)

Registered Since

Dec 1992

Funded provision

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Key metrics · Absence, staffing and capacity

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The area · Deprivation decile 7 of 10 (IMD 2025)

Place & Setting

Local Context

Area deprivation

IMD Decile 7Average

Planning flood zone (ignores defences)Zone 1

Around the schoolcrime · road safety · green space · air quality

Neighbourhood safety· within ½ mileAround LA average

Crimes per month 2

Dorset peer median: 7 per month

12-month total22

Top categories

Violent crime

8 (36%)

Anti-social behaviour

4 (18%)

Public order

3 (14%)

and 5 smaller categories

Source: data.police.uk · ½ mile radius · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · vs 356 Dorset schools.

Road Safety Nearby

Recorded collisions within 500m (2021–2025)1

Source: DfT road safety data

Greenspace Nearby

Greenspace sites within 800m3

Nearest site93m

Includes1 playing fields, 1 play spaces

Source: OS Open Greenspace

Air Quality

Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂): modelled annual mean for the school's 1 km square, with the yardsticks that apply
Item	µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)	4.3 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (40)	40
The WHO guideline (10)	10

Within the legal limit in England (40) · within the WHO guideline (10)

Fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅): modelled annual mean for the school's 1 km square, with the yardsticks that apply
Item	µg/m³
Fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅)	7.4 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (20)	20
England’s 2040 target (10)	10
The WHO guideline (5)	5

Within the legal limit in England (20) · within England’s 2040 target (10) · above the WHO guideline (5)

Particulate matter (PM₁₀): modelled annual mean for the school's 1 km square, with the yardsticks that apply
Item	µg/m³
Particulate matter (PM₁₀)	14.0 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (40)	40
The WHO guideline (15)	15

Within the legal limit in England (40) · within the WHO guideline (15)

Modelled annual mean for 2025, for the 1 km square containing the school. Not a measurement.

Source: DEFRA, Air quality compliance assessment 2025: modelled data and reports (GOV.UK) (CMAQ-Urban model) © Crown copyright, Defra. Open Government Licence v3.0Limits and guideline: The Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010, Schedule 2; WHO global air quality guidelines (2021), Table 0.1; The Environmental Targets (Fine Particulate Matter) (England) Regulations 2023, regulation 4

Data from:Inspection: Feb 2025Profile updated: Sep 2026

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The Ark Child Okeford: key facts

What did Ofsted judge The Ark Child Okeford's early years overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged The Ark Child Okeford's early years overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in February 2025, on Ofsted's own scale.

Where is The Ark Child Okeford located?

The Ark Child Okeford is located in BLANDFORD FORUM, DT11 8EL, Dorset.

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