Childcare in Northwood (Hillingdon)
Northwood (Hillingdon) has 12 day nurseries, 5 school nursery classes, 1 childminder and 7 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 8 of them and rated 7 Good or better. 17 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Hillingdon there are 27 places per 100 children under five, worse supplied than England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Hillingdon, 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 65 school nursery classes across Hillingdon, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
15 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 Hillside Infants Holiday Club Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Free Readers Northwood Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened RoboThink Pinner Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Hillside Infants Holiday Club Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened The Hall School Nursery Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed Potter St Hill Asc Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed The Hall Pre-Preparatory School Full day care
- Jun 2025Closed St Helen's Sessional day care
What people ask about childcare in Northwood (Hillingdon)
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Northwood (Hillingdon) take funded hours?
6 of the 25 settings in Northwood (Hillingdon) 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Northwood (Hillingdon) take babies?
15 settings in Northwood (Hillingdon) 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 Northwood (Hillingdon)?
Hillingdon has 27 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 Northwood (Hillingdon)
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