Childcare in Stockport (Cheshire East)
Stockport (Cheshire East) has 5 day nurseries, 3 pre-schools, 1 school nursery class, 3 childminders and 3 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 10 of them and rated 9 Good or better. 5 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Cheshire East there are 41 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 Cheshire East, 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 72 school nursery classes across Cheshire East, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
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.
- Dec 2025Closed Brook House Farm Pre-School Centre Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed Fun Fest Stockport Poynton Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Fun Fest Poynton - St Paul's Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Brook House Farm Pre-School Centre Full day care
- Jun 2025Opened Fun Fest Stockport Poynton Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Stockport (Cheshire East)
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Stockport (Cheshire East) take funded hours?
3 of the 15 settings in Stockport (Cheshire East) 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Stockport (Cheshire East) take babies?
13 settings in Stockport (Cheshire East) 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 Stockport (Cheshire East)?
Cheshire East has 41 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 Stockport (Cheshire East)
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