18 nurseries in Spalding

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

18 day nurseries

2 rated Outstanding

1 with a new report card (6%)

1,054 places in total

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

Best-rated nurseries in Spalding

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

Best-rated day nurseries in Spalding
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Sunflower Lodge Limited PE11 3UL	Outstanding	26 May 2022	82
2	Puddleducks Day Nursery PE11 1UL	Outstanding	24 March 2022	28
3	Building Blocks Nurseries PE12 7BE	Expected standard in 5 of 6	12 November 2025	65
4	Building Blocks Day Nurseries PE11 2XP	Good	14 August 2025	103
5	Building Blocks Nurseries Pinchbeck PE11 3RB	Good	4 January 2024	70

Day nurseries in Spalding, best rated first

All 18 day nurseries in Spalding
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Sunflower Lodge Limited PE11 3UL	Outstanding	26 May 2022	82
2	Puddleducks Day Nursery PE11 1UL	Outstanding	24 March 2022	28
3	Building Blocks Nurseries PE12 7BE	Expected standard in 5 of 6	12 November 2025	65
4	Building Blocks Day Nurseries PE11 2XP	Good	14 August 2025	103
5	Building Blocks Nurseries Pinchbeck PE11 3RB	Good	4 January 2024	70
6	Rainbow Nursery PE12 9LF	Good	21 August 2023	49
7	The Willows Day Nursery PE12 8LL	Good	14 July 2023	60
8	Little Oaks Childcare PE12 6EX	Good	28 June 2023	108
9	Lilliput Day Nursery (Spalding) Limited PE11 1TW	Good	22 June 2023	75
10	Smartie Pants Sutton Bridge PE12 9TB	Good	17 February 2023	86
11	Country Kids Day Nursery Spalding PE12 0PS	Good	23 November 2022	42
12	Little Stars Day Nursery PE11 4NB	Good	11 October 2022	86
13	Acorn Pre-School CIO PE12 6TS	Good	12 May 2022	20
14	Honeypot Day Nursery & Pre-School PE12 6DQ	Good	20 April 2022	44
15	Munchkins Kindergarten Ltd PE11 2XA	Good	17 March 2022	70
16	Bebright Preschool PE11 3GW	Good	14 July 2021	36
17	Little Pickles Daycare PE11 4XA	Good	14 June 2021	30
18	Berry Grove Childcare PE12 6ND	Not yet graded	Not yet

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

Nurseries by postcode in Spalding

Spalding is in Lincolnshire.

Nursery fees in Spalding

What day nurseries in East Midlands charge on average. Fees in Spalding 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 Spalding

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