Childcare in Stafford
Stafford has 27 day nurseries, 6 pre-schools, 40 school nursery classes, 16 childminders and 7 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 40 of them and rated 38 Good or better, 7 of them Outstanding. 56 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Staffordshire there are 34 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 Staffordshire, 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 255 school nursery classes across Staffordshire, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
45 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 Noah's Ark Pre-School Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened Dollymixtures Day Nursery Full day care
- Jun 2026Closed Progressive Sports @ Silkmore Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed Kings Camps Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed Stagecoach Stafford and Stone Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed Weston Wombats Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Closed Springfields Day Nursery Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed Noah's Ark Pre-School Playgroup Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Opened Stagecoach Stafford and Stone Veritas Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Opened Progressive Sports @ Silkmore Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Little Farmers Day Nursery Full day care
- Dec 2025Opened Yarlet Academy for Little Learners Full day care
What people ask about childcare in Stafford
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Stafford take funded hours?
45 of the 96 settings in Stafford 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Stafford rated Outstanding?
Yes. 7 of the 40 settings Ofsted has inspected in Stafford hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Stafford take babies?
51 settings in Stafford 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 Stafford?
Staffordshire has 34 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 Stafford
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.