Childcare in Lewisham
Lewisham has 3 day nurseries and 1 after-school club. Ofsted has inspected 3 of them, and rated every one Good or better. 1 has never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Lewisham there are 38 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 Lewisham, 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 56 school nursery classes across Lewisham, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
4 settings match. 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 V.I.B.E Tuition Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Closed Sessional Care Service-Honor Oak Preschool Sessional day care
What people ask about childcare in Lewisham
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Lewisham take babies?
3 settings in Lewisham 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 Lewisham?
Lewisham has 38 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 Lewisham
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.