Childcare in Walthamstow
Walthamstow has 6 day nurseries, 1 pre-school and 2 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 6 of them and rated 5 Good or better. 3 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Waltham Forest there are 30 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 Waltham Forest, 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 45 school nursery classes across Waltham Forest, 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 2025Opened WO Sports Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Walthamstow
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Walthamstow take funded hours?
3 of the 9 settings in Walthamstow 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Walthamstow take babies?
8 settings in Walthamstow 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 Walthamstow?
Waltham Forest has 30 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 Walthamstow
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.