Childcare in Oxford
Oxford has 44 day nurseries, 13 pre-schools, 44 school nursery classes, 8 childminders and 34 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 52 of them and rated 48 Good or better, 11 of them Outstanding. 91 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Oxfordshire there are 33 places per 100 children under five, about the same as England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Oxfordshire, 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 179 school nursery classes across Oxfordshire, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
80 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 TreeHouse Views Farm Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Let's Leap @ Dragon School Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Your Co-Op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School John Radcliffe Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened GetActive@Leys Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Garsington Road Day Nursery Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened The Project PT Camp Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Junior Adventures Group @ Cuttlslowe Primary School Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Blackbird Leys Adventure Playground Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened Your Co-Op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School Rose Hill Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened Your Co-Op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School Oxford Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened uKids @ St Mary & St John Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Circadian Nest Nursery Full day care
What people ask about childcare in Oxford
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Oxford take funded hours?
54 of the 143 settings in Oxford 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.
Are any nurseries in Oxford rated Outstanding?
Yes. 11 of the 52 settings Ofsted has inspected in Oxford hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Oxford take babies?
80 settings in Oxford 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 Oxford?
Oxfordshire has 33 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 Oxford
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.