Childcare in Upminster
Upminster has 11 day nurseries, 6 pre-schools, 1 school nursery class, 7 childminders and 8 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 17 of them and rated 16 Good or better, 3 of them Outstanding. 16 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Havering there are 37 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 Havering, 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 33 school nursery classes across Havering, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
31 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 The Outdoors Project - Havering Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Abacus After School Club Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Storybook @ St Luke's Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed Kumon Upminster Study Centre Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened The Meads Childcare 2 Full day care
- Jun 2025Opened Springfield Playgroup Sessional day care
- Jun 2025Opened Storybook @ St Luke's Full day care
- Jun 2025Opened Marlborough Preschool Sessional day care
- Jun 2025Closed Springfield Playgroup Sessional day care
What people ask about childcare in Upminster
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Upminster take funded hours?
2 of the 33 settings in Upminster 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Upminster rated Outstanding?
Yes. 3 of the 17 settings Ofsted has inspected in Upminster hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Upminster take babies?
31 settings in Upminster 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 Upminster?
Havering has 37 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 Upminster
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.