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Childcare in Milnthorpe

Milnthorpe has 2 day nurseries and 3 school nursery classes. Ofsted has inspected 2 of them and rated 1 Good or better. 3 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Westmorland and Furness there are 29 places per 100 children under five, worse supplied than England as a whole at 32.

29places per 100 under-fives in Westmorland and Furness, against 32 for England
50%of the 2 inspected here are Good or better
3 of 5are 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 Westmorland and Furness, 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 103 school nursery classes across Westmorland and Furness, because nobody publishes how many children they take.

5 settings, best rated first. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.

Day nurseries 2

Stripy Horse Day Nursery

Day nursery · Long Croft, Preston Patrick, Milnthorpe, LA7 7PF

Report card Jan 2026Birth to 8+Open all day, usually 8am to 6pm48 placesLong established

School nursery classes 3

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Questions

What people ask about childcare in Milnthorpe

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

Which nurseries in Milnthorpe take funded hours?

3 of the 5 settings in Milnthorpe 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Milnthorpe take babies?

2 settings in Milnthorpe 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 Milnthorpe?

Westmorland and Furness has 29 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.