About Nurseries Hub

Nurseries Hub lists every active day nursery in England that Ofsted registers for full day care, with its latest inspection outcome, its number of places and what a place is likely to cost after the free hours.

What you will find here

• A page for each of 14,577 day nurseries, with its Ofsted report card or its last one-word grade and a link to Ofsted's own report.
• Lists for 678 towns, 153 council areas and 1,675 postcode districts, best rated first.
• Pages for the 248 nursery groups that run five or more nurseries.
• Calculators for the free hours, nursery costs, Tax-Free Childcare and Universal Credit childcare.

Where the facts come from

Nursery details and grades come from Ofsted's register as at 30 June 2026. Prices are regional averages from the Coram Childcare Survey 2026. The rules on free hours and help with costs come from gov.uk. Every source is on the data sources page.

How we stay independent

We take no payment from nurseries, nursery groups or advertisers, and no nursery can pay to move up a list. The editorial policy explains how lists are ordered.

Who writes it

The pages are written and checked by the Nurseries Hub editorial team against the sources above. Nurseries Hub is not part of Ofsted, the Department for Education or any nursery group.