66 nurseries in Cambridge

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

66 day nurseries

16 rated Outstanding

5 with a new report card (8%)

4,414 places in total

£141 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Best-rated nurseries in Cambridge

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

Best-rated day nurseries in Cambridge
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	University Nursery Edwinstowe Close CB2 7EB	Strong standard in all 6	29 January 2026	79
2	Beach Babies CB25 9FD	Outstanding	26 June 2025	38
3	University of West Cambridge Day Nursery CB3 0FZ	Outstanding	29 May 2025	120
4	Bright Horizons Wolfson Court Day Nursery and Preschool CB3 0EH	Outstanding	1 July 2024	76
5	Kids Planet Chris Abell CB2 8PH	Outstanding	19 February 2024	100

Day nurseries in Cambridge, best rated first

All 66 day nurseries in Cambridge
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	University Nursery Edwinstowe Close CB2 7EB	Strong standard in all 6	29 January 2026	79
2	Beach Babies CB25 9FD	Outstanding	26 June 2025	38
3	University of West Cambridge Day Nursery CB3 0FZ	Outstanding	29 May 2025	120
4	Bright Horizons Wolfson Court Day Nursery and Preschool CB3 0EH	Outstanding	1 July 2024	76
5	Kids Planet Chris Abell CB2 8PH	Outstanding	19 February 2024	100
6	Sawston Nursery CB22 3UW	Outstanding	3 January 2024	68
7	Chestnut @ Cottenham CB24 8TA	Outstanding	20 July 2023	51
8	Rainbow Day Nursery CB2 9LH	Outstanding	12 October 2022	55
9	The Wendy House Day Nursery Impington CB24 9PJ	Outstanding	1 August 2022	108
10	Stephen Perse Nurseries Salisbury Villas CB1 2JF	Outstanding	13 July 2022	40
11	Little Owls CB24 9LL	Outstanding	8 July 2022	9
12	Stephen Perse Nurseries - Madingley CB23 8AH	Outstanding	17 May 2022	60
13	ACE Nursery School CB1 1JE	Outstanding	10 March 2022	40
14	Babraham Nursery CB22 3AQ	Outstanding	17 February 2022	90
15	Busy Bees at Cambridge Westwick CB24 3AR	Outstanding	8 November 2021	131
16	ACE Day Nursery CB5 8HT	Outstanding	16 September 2021	17
17	Millington Road Nursery School CB3 9HP	Outstanding	9 September 2021	45
18	Koala Kidz Ltd - Old Buttery CB24 5ES	Expected standard in 5 of 6	12 March 2026	50
19	Abington Annexe Community Childcare CB21 6AE	Expected standard in all 6	23 January 2026	40
20	Northstowe Nursery CB24 1DJ	Expected standard in all 6	5 December 2025	80
21	Bright Horizons Fulbourn Day Nursery & Preschool CB21 5XG	Expected standard in all 6	3 December 2025	108
22	Chestnut@Chesterton CB4 1RW	Good	16 May 2025	71
23	Clarence House Papworth CB23 3RY	Good	8 April 2025	77
24	Harvey Road Day Nursery Ltd CB1 2ET	Good	3 February 2025	45
25	Kindred Cambridge CB4 3EP	Good	20 January 2025	51
26	Little Explorers Montessori Nursery Limited CB2 8DB	Good	9 January 2025	12
27	Over New Road Preschool CIC CB24 5PJ	Good	8 January 2025	22
28	N Family Club Cambridge CB1 3FJ	Good	3 January 2025	82
29	Kindred Cambourne CB23 6BJ	Good	20 November 2024	127
30	Bright Horizons Long Road Day Nursery And Preschool CB2 0SZ	Good	30 October 2024	152
31	Foxes Bridge Farm Nursery & Pre-School CB23 7EE	Good	29 August 2024	40
32	Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Marleigh CB5 8UW	Good	26 July 2024	72
33	Peek A Boo Nursery CB4 1RU	Good	16 July 2024	26
34	Shelford Day Nursery CB22 5EQ	Good	26 June 2024	64
35	The Old Station Nursery, Granta Park CB21 6GP	Good	25 June 2024	90
36	Fen Drayton Montessori Nursery CB24 4SJ	Good	24 June 2024	40
37	Red House Day Nursery CB25 0HD	Good	17 April 2024	65
38	Little Stars Day Nursery CB25 9LY	Good	18 December 2023	100
39	Bella's Childcare Ltd CB24 3BT	Good	14 December 2023	40
40	The Joint Colleges Nursery (Cambridge) Limited CB2 7EB	Good	17 November 2023	57
41	Cambridge Montessori CB1 2DG	Good	25 October 2023	146
42	The Cygnets Milton Pre-School CB24 6DL	Good	27 September 2023	45
43	Jigsaw Preschool CB22 3GB	Good	19 September 2023	42
44	Bright Horizons Cambridge Science Park Day Nursery and Preschool CB4 0WG	Good	15 June 2023	109
45	Twizzle Tops Day Nursery CB5 8HY	Good	8 March 2023	66
46	Coton Day Nursery and Out of School Club CB23 7PW	Good	8 December 2022	25
47	Little Hands Nursery School - Linton & Bartlow CB21 4EN	Good	6 December 2022	46
48	Kindred Girton CB3 0QH	Good	24 October 2022	100
49	Butterfly Day Nursery CB4 1DD	Good	11 July 2022	52
50	Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery And Preschool Grange Road CB3 9DU	Good	14 June 2022	150
51	Under Fives Roundabout CB4 3HN	Good	13 June 2022	34
52	Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Cambridge CB2 1AA	Good	26 May 2022	59
53	Little Birches in Great Wilbraham CB21 5JQ	Good	7 April 2022	41
54	Smiths Children CB4 3DZ	Good	30 March 2022	45
55	Clarence House Cambridge CB4 1RW	Good	25 January 2022	38
56	Patacake Day Nursery CB1 3LW	Good	13 January 2022	131
57	Bar Hill Day Nursery CB23 8DY	Good	10 January 2022	58
58	Bright Horizons Eddington Nursery CB3 1AA	Good	2 December 2021	125
59	Childrens Ark Day Nursery CB23 3RD	Good	22 September 2021	42
60	Barton Road Day Nursery (Pembroke and Queen's College) CB3 9JZ	Not yet graded	Not yet	45
61	Bright Horizons Cambridge Milton Road Day Nursery and Preschool CB4 1XA	Not yet graded	Not yet	97
62	Girton Village Day Nursery CB3 0PJ	Not yet graded	Not yet	40
63	Kids R Us Fulbourn CB21 5BH	Not yet graded	Not yet	30
64	Language Nursery Ross Street CB1 3UZ	Not yet graded	Not yet	23
65	Little DISCoveries Day Nursery and Preschool CB2 0BA	Not yet graded	Not yet	126
66	Oaks Nursery CB1 8DW	Not yet graded	Not yet	61

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

Nurseries by postcode in Cambridge

Cambridge is in Cambridgeshire.

Nursery fees in Cambridge

What day nurseries in East of England charge on average. Fees in Cambridge itself can sit above or below this.

Average weekly price in term time, East of England, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age	25 hours a week	50 hours a week
Under 2	£192no funded hours	£155after 30 funded hours
2 years old	£176no funded hours	£141after 30 funded hours
3 to 4 years old	£67after the free 15 hours	£135after 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 Cambridge

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in Cambridge 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

Who	Free hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months	30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old	15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits	15 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.