Childcare in Surrey (Croydon)
Surrey (Croydon) has 2 day nurseries and 1 pre-school. Ofsted has inspected 3 of them, and rated every one Good or better. Across Croydon there are 33 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 Croydon, 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 61 school nursery classes across Croydon, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
What people ask about childcare in Surrey (Croydon)
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Surrey (Croydon) take funded hours?
1 of the 3 settings in Surrey (Croydon) 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Surrey (Croydon) take babies?
3 settings in Surrey (Croydon) 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 Surrey (Croydon)?
Croydon has 33 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.
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