We are pleased and proud to show you our school.

Please apply to Dorset School Admissions for all school places. Please contact the office for information about nursery places
Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School is a small, friendly village school for children from 2 to 9 years, situated between West Moors and Verwood.  Our school has the benefit of large grounds with a number of field areas and playgrounds, along with a dedicated forest area and pond.

Our school has a family feel with small classes, (our published admission number is 20), and a focus on high achievement within an ethos of ‘learning, perseverance and manners’.

Active learning for the future is promoted using high quality resources to bring learning to life. Our children use the benefits of technology to support their learning in our Apple Mac library area. Weekly forest learning sessions, with our qualified Forest School Leader, reinforce our commitment to good manners and the application of learnt skills in the outdoor environment. Singapore mathematics is taught through concrete, pictorial and abstract approaches, backed up with high quality text books to ensure embedded learning.

We make regular visits to the local environment to inspire our children and bring learning to life. We are fortunate to have our own school minibus to enjoy these journeys as part of our learning. Recent visits have included Stonehenge, Corfe Castle, the Titanic Museum in Southampton, the Science Museum in Winchester, the Roman Baths in Bath, Longdown Activity Farm, Kingston Lacey and Pizza Express. Key Stage 2 children also enjoy a residential visit to the Springhead Trust.

We provide hot lunches from a local company with local ingredients. We ensure that the lunch time experience is a high quality social time to practise table manners and learn to enjoy food. Lunchtimes mean china plates, napkins and vegetables in serving bowls at Three Legged Cross. This is a time to consolidate manners in a calm comfortable atmosphere.

We value the sporting life and enjoy a range of different sports. We take part in regular inter school competitions with our local Heath Academy Trust schools. Our sports teacher leads team curriculum and games tuition for our children and provides an after school sports club. In the summer, our Key Stage 2 children enjoy swimming lessons, which means they quickly grow in confidence and learn new strokes and stamina.

Music tuition is provided for Key Stage 2 children with our dedicated music teachers. Currently, our Year 3 children are learning samba drumming. Learning this new skill helps prepare our children for the next stage of education.

We open daily from 7.30am for breakfast club and until 5.00pm on Mondays to Thursdays and 4.00pm on Fridays for after school club. Other activity based clubs, such as sport, science and sign language also take place after school.

Apply through Dorset School Admissions for a place at our school:
https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/education-and-training/schools-and-learning/apply-for-a-school-place/apply-for-a-school-place.
For a term time nursery place, please email the school office.