Childcare in Banbury (Oxfordshire)
Banbury (Oxfordshire) has 19 day nurseries, 6 pre-schools, 22 school nursery classes, 15 childminders and 11 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 34 of them and rated 31 Good or better, 5 of them Outstanding. 39 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Oxfordshire there are 33 places per 100 children under five, about the same as England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Oxfordshire, 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 179 school nursery classes across Oxfordshire, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
28 settings match. 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 2026Closed Just Camps Banbury Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened Just Camps Banbury Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Hillview Activity Camp Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Banbury Tennis Club RCTC Holiday Camps Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Little Dorothys Childcare Full day care
- Jun 2025Opened Kumon Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Opened Active Camps at Sibford Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Closed Hardwick and Arden Pre-School Sessional day care
- Jun 2025Closed Active Camps Sibford Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Closed Cropredy Pre-School Sessional day care
What people ask about childcare in Banbury (Oxfordshire)
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Banbury (Oxfordshire) take funded hours?
23 of the 73 settings in Banbury (Oxfordshire) 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Banbury (Oxfordshire) rated Outstanding?
Yes. 5 of the 34 settings Ofsted has inspected in Banbury (Oxfordshire) hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Banbury (Oxfordshire) take babies?
42 settings in Banbury (Oxfordshire) 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 Banbury (Oxfordshire)?
Oxfordshire has 33 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 Banbury (Oxfordshire)
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.