Childcare in Bolton (Blackburn with Darwen)
Bolton (Blackburn with Darwen) has 1 day nursery and 1 pre-school. Ofsted has inspected 2 of them, and rated every one Good or better. Across Blackburn with Darwen 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 Blackburn with Darwen, 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 25 school nursery classes across Blackburn with Darwen, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
2 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 2025Closed AJS Out of School Care Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Bolton (Blackburn with Darwen)
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Bolton (Blackburn with Darwen) take babies?
2 settings in Bolton (Blackburn with Darwen) 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 Bolton (Blackburn with Darwen)?
Blackburn with Darwen 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.
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