Childcare in Aylesbury
Aylesbury has 36 day nurseries, 24 pre-schools, 21 school nursery classes, 30 childminders and 34 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 62 of them and rated 60 Good or better, 12 of them Outstanding. 83 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Buckinghamshire there are 40 places per 100 children under five, better supplied than England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Buckinghamshire, 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 104 school nursery classes across Buckinghamshire, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
145 settings, best rated first. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.
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 Pollyanna Pre-School CIO Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Opened Footsteps Nursery and Pre-School Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Opened Footsteps Nursery and Pre-School Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Opened Footsteps Pre School Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Opened Strong Tower Learning Centre Ltd Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened SDE (Aylesbury) Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened JR St Mary's Aylesbury Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed Kids Inc Day Nursery Full day care
- Jun 2026Closed APF Activity Camps Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed APF Activity Camps Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed APF Activity Camps Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed JR Oak Green Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Aylesbury
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Aylesbury take funded hours?
48 of the 145 settings in Aylesbury 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.
Are any nurseries in Aylesbury rated Outstanding?
Yes. 12 of the 62 settings Ofsted has inspected in Aylesbury hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Aylesbury take babies?
110 settings in Aylesbury 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 Aylesbury?
Buckinghamshire has 40 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.
Towns close to Aylesbury
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.