Childcare in Buntingford
Buntingford has 2 day nurseries, 3 pre-schools, 4 school nursery classes, 4 childminders and 2 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 2 of them, and rated every one Good or better. 13 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Hertfordshire there are 36 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 Hertfordshire, 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 317 school nursery classes across Hertfordshire, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
15 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 2026Closed Layston Preschool and Nursery CIC Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Closed Buntings Nursery Full day care
- Jun 2026Closed SSS Provision Hormead First School Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed The Willow Tree Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Squiggles Layston Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Opened SSS Provision Hormead First School Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened The Willow Tree Out of School Club Ltd Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Buntings Nursery Full day care
- Jun 2025Opened Eden House Day Nursery Ltd Full day care
What people ask about childcare in Buntingford
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Buntingford take funded hours?
4 of the 15 settings in Buntingford 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Buntingford take babies?
10 settings in Buntingford 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 Buntingford?
Hertfordshire has 36 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 Buntingford
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.