Childcare in Stockport
Stockport has 60 day nurseries, 9 pre-schools, 57 school nursery classes, 43 childminders and 39 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 95 of them and rated 92 Good or better, 15 of them Outstanding. 113 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Of those that publish a price, a full day runs from £46 to £88, typically £75. Across Stockport there are 35 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 Stockport, 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 70 school nursery classes across Stockport, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
84 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 2026Closed Olly Jollys Fun Club Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed The Club Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed Progressive Sports - Vale View Primary School Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened Olly Jollys Fun Club Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Little Learners at Harpers Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Opened FIFTH Movement at Arden Primary Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Progressive Sports Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened The Mess and Play Company Limited Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened PSCL - Moss Hey Primary School Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened LSC @ St Winifred's Roman Catholic Primary School Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Fun Fest Cheadle Heath Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Precious Jem's Bredbury Full day care
What people ask about childcare in Stockport
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
How much does nursery cost in Stockport?
Of the 7 full-day rates published by settings in Stockport, the typical price is £75 a day, ranging from £46 to £88. These are prices the settings publish themselves, not an average of quotes.
Which nurseries in Stockport take funded hours?
74 of the 208 settings in Stockport 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Stockport rated Outstanding?
Yes. 15 of the 95 settings Ofsted has inspected in Stockport hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Stockport take babies?
132 settings in Stockport 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?
Stockport has 35 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
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.