Childcare in Oakington
Oakington has 1 pre-school. 1 has never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire, 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 94 school nursery classes across Cambridgeshire, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
1 setting 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.
- Dec 2025Opened Oakington Cottontails Preschool Sessional day care
What people ask about childcare in Oakington
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Oakington take babies?
1 settings in Oakington 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 Oakington?
Cambridgeshire 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 Oakington
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.