Childcare in Barnet
Barnet has 14 day nurseries, 3 pre-schools, 7 school nursery classes, 9 childminders and 20 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 25 of them and rated 20 Good or better, 2 of them Outstanding. 28 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Barnet there are 31 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 Barnet, 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 82 school nursery classes across Barnet, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
4 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 2026Opened Alban Preschool Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Opened Foulds Pre-school Ltd Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened Stagecoach Barnet Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed Play And Learn Day Nursery Full day care
- Jun 2026Closed Stagecoach Performing Arts Barnet Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Closed Foulds Pre-School Full day care
- Jun 2026Closed Alban Pre-School Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Closed Arkley's Little Acorns Nursery School Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed LBL Trent Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Lbl Monken Hadley Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Lbl Foulds Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Complete Sports Ltd - Trent CofE Primary Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Barnet
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Barnet take funded hours?
13 of the 53 settings in Barnet 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Barnet rated Outstanding?
Yes. 2 of the 25 settings Ofsted has inspected in Barnet hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Barnet take babies?
35 settings in Barnet 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 Barnet?
Barnet has 31 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 Barnet
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.