25 nurseries in Newark

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

25 day nurseries

1 with a new report card (4%)

1,395 places in total

£130 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Best-rated nurseries in Newark

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

Best-rated day nurseries in Newark
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	New Beginnings Nursery NG22 9PB	Expected standard in 5 of 6	19 November 2025	40
2	Yellow Brick Road Daycare Tuxford NG22 0HR	Good	11 June 2025	63
3	Little Toes Day Nursery North Muskham NG23 6HR	Good	23 May 2025	36
4	Sconce Hills Pre-School Playgroup NG24 4AJ	Good	24 April 2025	26
5	Serendipity's Day Nursery and Pre-school NG24 1LP	Good	13 March 2025	59

Day nurseries in Newark, best rated first

All 25 day nurseries in Newark
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	New Beginnings Nursery NG22 9PB	Expected standard in 5 of 6	19 November 2025	40
2	Yellow Brick Road Daycare Tuxford NG22 0HR	Good	11 June 2025	63
3	Little Toes Day Nursery North Muskham NG23 6HR	Good	23 May 2025	36
4	Sconce Hills Pre-School Playgroup NG24 4AJ	Good	24 April 2025	26
5	Serendipity's Day Nursery and Pre-school NG24 1LP	Good	13 March 2025	59
6	Upton Crickets Day Nursery Ltd NG23 5TG	Good	24 October 2024	40
7	Country Kids Day Nursery Farndon NG24 3SZ	Good	9 January 2024	30
8	Fernwood Day Nursery, Out of School & Holiday Club NG24 3RS	Good	13 December 2023	146
9	Kings Farm Day Nursery & Kids Club NG23 5DW	Good	2 November 2023	56
10	Balderton Village Day Nursery NG24 3BW	Good	6 June 2023	42
11	Balderton Pre-School NG24 3PQ	Good	30 May 2023	42
12	Kindred White Post NG22 8HL	Good	25 May 2023	122
13	Littlegates for Little People NG23 5HT	Good	25 April 2023	33
14	Children 1st @ Newark Centre NG24 1JY	Good	13 March 2023	68
15	William Gladstone Childcare NG24 4HU	Good	23 February 2023	62
16	Serendipitys Day Nursery and Pre-school NG24 3AH	Good	19 December 2022	38
17	Children 1st @ Newark NG24 1DP	Good	10 November 2022	96
18	Long Bennington Pre-School NG23 5DJ	Good	27 June 2022	24
19	Country Kids Day Nursery NG24 2DQ	Good	9 December 2021	24
20	Country Kids Day Nursery NG22 0AD	Good	15 November 2021	47
21	Little Locos Day Nursery NG24 1LN	Not yet graded	Not yet	60
22	Play Days Cottage LTD NG22 9TA	Not yet graded	Not yet	38
23	Tiddlers Day Nursery and Preschool NG24 3PT	Not yet graded	Not yet	32
24	YMCA Nursery at the Village NG24 4FH	Not yet graded	Not yet	93
25	Yellow Brick Road, Newark NG24 2JH	Not yet graded	Not yet	78

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

Nurseries by postcode in Newark

Newark is in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.

Nursery fees in Newark

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

Average weekly price in term time, East Midlands, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age	25 hours a week	50 hours a week
Under 2	£165no funded hours	£128after 30 funded hours
2 years old	£159no funded hours	£130after 30 funded hours
3 to 4 years old	£62after the free 15 hours	£123after 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 Newark

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