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Childcare in Hexham

Hexham has 8 day nurseries, 1 pre-school and 12 school nursery classes. Ofsted has inspected 7 of them, and rated every one Good or better, 3 of them Outstanding. 14 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Northumberland there are 34 places per 100 children under five, about the same as England as a whole at 32.

34places per 100 under-fives in Northumberland, against 32 for England
100%of the 7 inspected here are Good or better, 3 Outstanding
12 of 21are recorded as taking the funded hours; the rest are unknown, not a no

Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Northumberland, 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 115 school nursery classes across Northumberland, because nobody publishes how many children they take.

Everything 21Day nurseries 8Pre-schools 1School nurseries 12
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21 settings, best rated first. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.

Day nurseries 8

North Tynies NNI

Day nursery · Bellingham School Site, Redesmouth Road, Hexham, NE48 2EN

OutstandingBirth to 8+08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week50 placesOpen for decades
01434 220716

Henshaw Nursery

Day nursery · Henshaw Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Henshaw, Hexham, NE47 7EP

OutstandingBirth to 8+Open all day, usually 8am to 6pm24 placesOpen for decades
01434 344324

Little Oaks Nursery, Acomb

Day nursery · Little Oaks Nursery, Main Street, Hexham, NE46 4PL

OutstandingBirth to 8+Open all day, usually 8am to 6pm24 placesLong established
01434613422

Little Tinklers

Day nursery · 2 Chisholm Place, Hexham, NE46 1QL

Not yet inspectedBirth to 5Open all day, usually 8am to 6pm39 placesNewly opened
07770 081279

Pre-schools 1

Hexham Community Centre Playgroup

Pre-school · Hexham - Tynedale Community Trust, Community Centre, Hexham, NE46 3NP

Not yet inspectedBirth to 5Sessions in term time, often mornings48 placesOpen for decades
07799105667

School nursery classes 12

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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 Hexham Community Centre Playgroup Sessional day care
  • Jun 2025Opened Little Tinklers Full day care
  • Jun 2025Closed Chollerton Pre-School Ltd Sessional day care
  • Jun 2025Closed Little Badgers Child Care Full day care
  • Jun 2025Closed Hexham Community Centre Playgroup Sessional day care
Questions

What people ask about childcare in Hexham

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

Which nurseries in Hexham take funded hours?

12 of the 21 settings in Hexham 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 Hexham rated Outstanding?

Yes. 3 of the 7 settings Ofsted has inspected in Hexham hold an Outstanding grade.

Which nurseries in Hexham take babies?

9 settings in Hexham 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 Hexham?

Northumberland has 34 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 Hexham

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

Corbridge6 settings · 7.4 milesStocksfield5 settings · 12 milesPrudhoe7 settings · 14.4 milesRyton12 settings · 17.7 milesNewcastle-Upon-Tyne14 settings · 17.7 milesConsett13 settings · 18 miles
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