Childcare in Buckingham
Buckingham has 10 day nurseries, 3 pre-schools, 6 school nursery classes, 6 childminders and 12 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 12 of them and rated 11 Good or better, 2 of them Outstanding. 25 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.
37 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 S4A @ Padbury CE School Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Animal Antiks Full day care
- Dec 2025Opened Buckingham Kumon Study Centre Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Little Voices Buckingham @ The Centre @ Verney Close Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Welsh Lane Day Nursery Full day care
- Dec 2025Opened SS Ltd @ Buckingham Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Tingewick @ S4A Group LTD Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Welsh Lane Day Nursery Full day care
- Jun 2025Closed Buckingham Kumon Study Centre Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Buckingham
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Buckingham take funded hours?
13 of the 37 settings in Buckingham 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Buckingham rated Outstanding?
Yes. 2 of the 12 settings Ofsted has inspected in Buckingham hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Buckingham take babies?
25 settings in Buckingham 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 Buckingham?
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 Buckingham
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.