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Childcare in Ashington

Ashington has 5 day nurseries, 1 pre-school, 7 school nursery classes, 2 childminders and 1 after-school club. Ofsted has inspected 4 of them, and rated every one Good or better. 12 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Northumberland there are 34 places per 100 children under five, about the same as England as a whole at 32.

34places per 100 under-fives in Northumberland, against 32 for England
100%of the 4 inspected here are Good or better
10 of 16are recorded as taking the funded hours; the rest are unknown, not a no

Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Northumberland, divided by the children aged 0 to 4 who live there at the 2021 Census. It compares areas; it is not a count of free places today. It also leaves out the 115 school nursery classes across Northumberland, because nobody publishes how many children they take.

Everything 16Day nurseries 5Pre-schools 1School nurseries 7Childminders 2After-school clubs 1
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16 settings, best rated first. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.

Day nurseries 5

Ashington Minors

Day nursery · Back Sycamore Street, Ashington, NE63 0AH

GoodBirth to 8+Open all day, usually 8am to 6pm66 placesOpen for decades
01670 858887

Chill Out @ Hirst

Day nursery · Hirst Welfare Centre, Alexandra Road, Ashington, NE63 9HN

Not yet inspectedBirth to 8+Open all day, usually 8am to 6pm40 placesNewly opened
01670629396

Pre-schools 1

The Nest @NCEA Trust

Pre-school · Northumberland Church of England Academy, Academy Road, Ashington, NE63 9FZ

GoodBirth to 5Sessions in term time, often mornings22 placesOpen a few years
07774004893

School nursery classes 7

Childminders 2

Only childminders who agreed to be listed publicly appear here. Ofsted holds many more and does not publish their details.

Younger, Alexandra

Childminder · Ashington, NE63 9JU

GoodBirth to 8+Hours arranged with the childminder18 placesRegistered for decades

Marnock, Nicola

Childminder · Ashington, NE63 9EH

GoodBirth to 8+Hours arranged with the childminder6 placesRegistered for decades

After-school and holiday clubs 1

Active Future Bishops

After-school club · Ncea Bishop'S Primary School Josephine Butler Campus, Academy Road, Ashington, NE63 9FZ

Not yet inspectedBirth to 8+Before and after school, plus holidays40 placesNewly opened
07854190807

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Recently

What has changed here

Ofsted does not publish closures, so we work them out by comparing releases. Worth knowing if you are working from an old list.

  • Jun 2026Opened Chill Out @ Hirst Full day care
  • Jun 2026Closed Chill Out Time Childcare @ Hirst Full day care
  • Dec 2025Closed Hirst Welfare Centre Nursery Full day care
  • Dec 2025Closed Tamsin's Little Acorns Full day care
  • Dec 2025Opened Tamsin's Little Acorns Full day care
  • Dec 2025Opened Chill Out Time Childcare @ Hirst Full day care
  • Jun 2025Opened Dinotots Ashington Full day care
  • Jun 2025Opened Active Future Bishops Out-of-school day care
Questions

What people ask about childcare in Ashington

Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.

Which nurseries in Ashington take funded hours?

10 of the 16 settings in Ashington are recorded as taking the government funded hours. Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.

Which nurseries in Ashington take babies?

9 settings in Ashington are registered to take children under two. Ofsted's register does not say whether a setting runs a baby room or has space in it, so ring before you plan around it.

Is it hard to get a nursery place in Ashington?

Northumberland has 34 registered childcare places for every 100 children under five, against 32 across England. That is registered capacity rather than free places, so it compares areas rather than telling you what is available this week.

Nearby

Towns close to Ashington

Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.

Newbiggin-By-The-Sea5 settings · 1.6 milesChoppington6 settings · 1.9 milesBedlington11 settings · 3.6 milesBlyth25 settings · 4.3 milesCramlington19 settings · 6.6 milesMorpeth45 settings · 6.6 miles
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