Childcare in Lightwater
Lightwater has 1 day nursery, 1 school nursery class, 5 childminders and 2 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 6 of them and rated 5 Good or better. 3 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.
7 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 2026Opened Activate Camps @ Lightwater Leisure Centre Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Complete Lightwater Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lightwater Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed In2Care at Lightwater Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed In2Care at Hammond Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Opened Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Lightwater Full day care
- Jun 2025Closed Junior Adventures Group @ Lightwater GU18 Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Lightwater
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Lightwater take funded hours?
2 of the 9 settings in Lightwater 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Lightwater take babies?
7 settings in Lightwater 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 Lightwater?
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 Lightwater
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.