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Childcare in St. Austell

St. Austell has 11 day nurseries, 2 pre-schools, 11 school nursery classes, 4 childminders and 4 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 14 of them and rated 13 Good or better, 1 of them Outstanding. 18 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Cornwall there are 31 places per 100 children under five, about the same as England as a whole at 32.

31places per 100 under-fives in Cornwall, against 32 for England
92%of the 14 inspected here are Good or better, 1 Outstanding
14 of 32are 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 Cornwall, 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 127 school nursery classes across Cornwall, because nobody publishes how many children they take.

Everything 32Day nurseries 11Pre-schools 2School nurseries 11Childminders 4After-school clubs 4
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Day nurseries 2

Minibugs St Austell

Day nursery · 17a Moorlands Road, St Austell, PL25 5BS

GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Babies from 3 months07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week★ 5.0 Google, 2976 placesLong established
0161 831 9722Their website

Pre-schools 1

School nursery classes 11

Bugle School

School nursery class · Fore Street, St Austell, PL26 8PD

Part of a schoolFree funded hoursFrom age 2Term time, school hoursPart of a school
01726850420Their website

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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 2026Opened Camp Cornwall Out-of-school day care
  • Jun 2025Closed Trailblazers Full day care
Questions

What people ask about childcare in St. Austell

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

Which nurseries in St. Austell take funded hours?

14 of the 32 settings in St. Austell 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 St. Austell rated Outstanding?

Yes. 1 of the 14 settings Ofsted has inspected in St. Austell hold an Outstanding grade.

Which nurseries in St. Austell take babies?

18 settings in St. Austell 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 St. Austell?

Cornwall has 31 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 St. Austell

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

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