Childcare in Grantham
Grantham has 19 day nurseries, 3 pre-schools, 7 school nursery classes, 6 childminders and 9 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 22 of them and rated 21 Good or better. 22 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.
44 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 Caythorpe Pre-School Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Closed Headstart Clubhouse Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed Barrowby Pre-School Full day care
- Jun 2026Closed The Bythams After School Club Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Premier Education WAC @ Bythams Primary School Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Caythorpe Pre-School Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Opened Headstart Clubhouse Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Headstart Nursery Grantham Full day care
- Dec 2025Opened Corby Glen Preschool Full day care
- Dec 2025Opened Kip McGrath Education Centre Grantham Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Kip McGrath Education Centre Grantham Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Headstart Nursery Full day care
What people ask about childcare in Grantham
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Grantham take funded hours?
14 of the 44 settings in Grantham 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Grantham take babies?
34 settings in Grantham 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 Grantham?
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 Grantham
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.