Childcare in Guildford
Guildford has 25 day nurseries, 19 pre-schools, 13 school nursery classes, 10 childminders and 25 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 42 of them and rated 38 Good or better, 7 of them Outstanding. 50 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Surrey 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 Surrey, 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 Surrey, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
92 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 Kids Inc Day Nursery Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened Code Ninjas Guildford Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened Surrey Hills Forest School Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened LevelUP Sport & Fitness Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed Kids Inc Day Nursery Full day care
- Jun 2026Closed Let's Leap @ Longacre School Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed S4K - Wood Street Infants Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed Camp Beaumont - Rgs Guildford Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Wonersh Pre-School Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Closed Guildford Montessori Nursery School - All Saints Hall Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed Busy Bees at Guildford Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed KOOSA Kids Breakfast, After School and Holiday Club at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Guildford Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Guildford
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Guildford take funded hours?
21 of the 92 settings in Guildford 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Guildford rated Outstanding?
Yes. 7 of the 42 settings Ofsted has inspected in Guildford hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Guildford take babies?
62 settings in Guildford 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 Guildford?
Surrey 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 Guildford
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.