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13 nurseries in Bicester

Every day nursery in Bicester on the Ofsted register, best rated first, with what a place costs in South East after the free hours.

13 day nurseries
2 rated Outstanding
1 with a new report card (8%)
822 places in total
£152 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Best-rated nurseries in Bicester

The top of our Bicester ranking: Ofsted's outcome first, then the newest inspection.

Best-rated day nurseries in Bicester
#NurseryOfsted outcomeInspectedPlaces
1Bubbles Pre-School OX26 3UUOutstanding19 July 202432
2Marsh Gibbon Preschool OX27 0HGOutstanding4 March 202432
3Bambooh Bicester OX26 4YJGood15 July 202543
4Busy Bees at Bicester Kingsmere OX26 1EGGood20 May 2025110
5Toad Hall Day Nursery (Bicester) Ltd OX26 4ELGood9 May 2025111

Day nurseries in Bicester, best rated first

All 13 day nurseries in Bicester
#NurseryOfsted outcomeInspectedPlaces
1Bubbles Pre-School OX26 3UUOutstanding19 July 202432
2Marsh Gibbon Preschool OX27 0HGOutstanding4 March 202432
3Bambooh Bicester OX26 4YJGood15 July 202543
4Busy Bees at Bicester Kingsmere OX26 1EGGood20 May 2025110
5Toad Hall Day Nursery (Bicester) Ltd OX26 4ELGood9 May 2025111
6Tiddlywinks Pre-School OX25 2RDGood4 March 202548
7Fundamentals Childcare Limited OX26 4TPGood13 February 2025
8Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bicester OX26 3HAGood17 July 2023139
9Sparkling Minds Pre-School and Day Nursery OX25 3QEGood16 June 202358
10Steeple Aston Pre-School OX25 4SFGood9 November 202225
11Courtyard Preschool OX26 6DJGood18 May 202222
12The Old Station Nursery, Heyford Park OX25 5BSGood19 July 202164
13Child First Bicester OX26 6PYNeeds attention in 5 of 612 May 2026138

How the ranking works: our ranking policy. What the grades mean: Ofsted report cards explained.

Nurseries by postcode in Bicester

Bicester is in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

Nursery fees in Bicester

What day nurseries in South East charge on average. Fees in Bicester itself can sit above or below this.

Average weekly price in term time, South East, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age25 hours a week50 hours a week
Under 2£202no funded hours£161after 30 funded hours
2 years old£185no funded hours£152after 30 funded hours
3 to 4 years old£72after the free 15 hours£144after 30 funded hours

Regional average, not any one nursery's price. Source: Coram Childcare Survey 2026. Work out your own monthly cost.

30 hours free childcare in Bicester

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in Bicester as anywhere in England. Every day nursery listed here is registered with Ofsted, which is what a nursery needs to offer them.

Check which hours your child can get

WhoFree hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits15 hours

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.