Childcare in Finchley
Finchley has 1 pre-school and 1 after-school club. Ofsted has inspected 1 of them, and rated every one Good or better. 1 has never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Barnet 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 Barnet, 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 82 school nursery classes across Barnet, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
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 SOTO Kids at Moss Hall Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Finchley
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Finchley take babies?
2 settings in Finchley 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 Finchley?
Barnet 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.
Towns close to Finchley
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.