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Childcare in Truro

Truro has 19 day nurseries, 3 pre-schools, 16 school nursery classes, 6 childminders and 1 after-school club. Ofsted has inspected 27 of them and rated 26 Good or better, 5 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
96%of the 27 inspected here are Good or better, 5 Outstanding
17 of 45are 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 45Day nurseries 19Pre-schools 3School nurseries 16Childminders 6After-school clubs 1
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Day nurseries 2

Kea Preschool

Day nursery · Kea Cp School, Kea, Truro, TR3 6AY

GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+From 1 year 8 months07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week30 placesOpen for decades
01872260299Their website

Pre-schools 2

Children Of Towan

Pre-school · Porthtowan Village Hall, Beach Road, Truro, TR4 8AD

GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5From 1 year 4 months09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week24 placesLong established
01209 890627Their website

School nursery classes 13

Shortlanesend School

School nursery class · Northey Close, Truro, TR4 9DA

Part of a schoolFree funded hoursFrom age 2Term time, school hoursPart of a school
01872276372

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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 2026Closed art-K Truro Out-of-school day care
  • Jun 2025Opened Player Ready Truro Out-of-school day care
Questions

What people ask about childcare in Truro

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

Which nurseries in Truro take funded hours?

17 of the 45 settings in Truro 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Truro rated Outstanding?

Yes. 5 of the 27 settings Ofsted has inspected in Truro hold an Outstanding grade.

Which nurseries in Truro take babies?

27 settings in Truro 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 Truro?

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 Truro

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

Penryn7 settings · 6.5 milesRedruth26 settings · 6.8 milesFalmouth16 settings · 7.8 milesNewquay23 settings · 10.3 milesCamborne12 settings · 10.3 milesSt. Austell32 settings · 12.8 miles
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