Childcare in Boston
Boston has 22 day nurseries, 3 pre-schools, 10 school nursery classes, 5 childminders and 10 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 23 of them, and rated every one Good or better. 27 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Lincolnshire there are 37 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 Lincolnshire, 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 111 school nursery classes across Lincolnshire, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
36 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 Elite Sport Academy HAF Camps Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Little Lambs Nursery Full day care
- Dec 2025Opened Beyond the Physical Ltd - Boston Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Dodds, Emily Sarah
- Dec 2025Opened Middlecott House Day Nursery Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed Discovery Sports Coaching Limited - Boston Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Closed Little Robins Pre-school Full day care
- Jun 2025Opened Little Robins Pre-School Sessional day care
- Jun 2025Opened Old Leake Primary Academy@JB's Sports Coaching Ltd Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Opened Mareham Le Fen CofE Primary School@JB's Sports Coaching Ltd Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Boston
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Boston take funded hours?
14 of the 50 settings in Boston 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Boston take babies?
36 settings in Boston 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 Boston?
Lincolnshire has 37 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 Boston
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.