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Childcare in Pickering

Pickering has 2 day nurseries, 1 pre-school, 3 school nursery classes, 1 childminder and 1 after-school club. Ofsted has inspected 4 of them and rated 3 Good or better. 4 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across North Yorkshire there are 39 places per 100 children under five, better supplied than England as a whole at 32.

39places per 100 under-fives in North Yorkshire, against 32 for England
75%of the 4 inspected here are Good or better
3 of 8are 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 North Yorkshire, 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 169 school nursery classes across North Yorkshire, because nobody publishes how many children they take.

Everything 8Day nurseries 2Pre-schools 1School nurseries 3Childminders 1After-school clubs 1
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Day nurseries 2

Pre-schools 1

Little Puddings Nursery

Pre-school · Pudding Barn, Champleys Mews, Pickering, YO18 7AE

Report card May 2026Birth to 508:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week20 placesNewly opened
07534 421509

After-school and holiday clubs 1

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Recently

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 Pickering Preschool Playgroup Sessional day care
  • Jun 2026Opened Little Puddings Nursery Sessional day care
  • Dec 2025Opened Pickering Preschool Playgroup Sessional day care
  • Dec 2025Closed Pickering Preschool Playgroup Sessional day care
Questions

What people ask about childcare in Pickering

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

Which nurseries in Pickering take funded hours?

3 of the 8 settings in Pickering 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Pickering take babies?

5 settings in Pickering 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 Pickering?

North Yorkshire has 39 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.

Nearby

Towns close to Pickering

Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.

Malton18 settings · 8.6 milesWhitby18 settings · 14.4 milesScarborough55 settings · 16.2 milesYork64 settings · 19.3 milesMiddlesbrough9 settings · 21.3 milesSaltburn-By-The-Sea17 settings · 21.6 miles
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