Childcare in South Kensington
South Kensington has 1 day nursery. 1 has never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Kensington and Chelsea there are 48 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 Kensington and Chelsea, 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 34 school nursery classes across Kensington and Chelsea, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
1 setting, best rated first. 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 Mander Portman Woodward School Little House of Science Full day care
What people ask about childcare in South Kensington
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Is it hard to get a nursery place in South Kensington?
Kensington and Chelsea has 48 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 South Kensington
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.