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Childcare in Dawlish

Dawlish has 3 day nurseries and 3 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 2 of them and rated 1 Good or better. 4 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Devon there are 29 places per 100 children under five, worse supplied than England as a whole at 32.

29places per 100 under-fives in Devon, against 32 for England
50%of the 2 inspected here are Good or better

Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Devon, 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 184 school nursery classes across Devon, because nobody publishes how many children they take.

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Day nurseries 3

Tinky's Pre-School

Day nursery · Gatehouse Cp School, Secmaton Lane, Dawlish, EX7 0LW

GoodBirth to 5Open all day, usually 8am to 6pm29 placesOpen for decades
01626 865381

After-school and holiday clubs 2

Happy Holidays

After-school club · Westcliff Primary Academy, First Avenue, Dawlish, EX7 9RA

Not yet inspectedBirth to 8+Before and after school, plus holidays50 placesOpen a few years
07824825962

FISH @ West Cliff

After-school club · Westcliff Primary School, First Avenue, Dawlish, EX7 9RA

Not yet inspectedBirth to 8+Before and after school, plus holidays16 placesOpen a few years
01626 325808

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Recently

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 2025Opened Puffins at Westcliff Full day care
  • Jun 2025Opened Secret Garden Day Nursery (Dawlish) Ltd Full day care
  • Jun 2025Closed Secret Garden Day Nursery Full day care
Questions

What people ask about childcare in Dawlish

Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.

Which nurseries in Dawlish take babies?

5 settings in Dawlish 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 Dawlish?

Devon has 29 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.

Nearby

Towns close to Dawlish

Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.

Teignmouth9 settings · 2.7 milesExmouth30 settings · 4.6 milesTorquay38 settings · 7.7 milesNewton Abbot66 settings · 7.7 milesBudleigh Salterton4 settings · 7.9 milesExeter138 settings · 9.8 miles
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