Childcare in Wantage
Wantage has 7 day nurseries, 3 pre-schools, 8 school nursery classes, 4 childminders and 9 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 9 of them and rated 6 Good or better. 22 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire, 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 179 school nursery classes across Oxfordshire, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
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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 Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-school Kingsgrove Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened Your Co-Op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School Kingsgrove Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened Stagecoach Wantage Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Opened Grovelands Park Pre-School Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Opened Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-school Kingsgrove Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed Grovelands Park Preschool Sessional day care
- Jun 2025Closed Wantage Active Club Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Wantage
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Wantage take funded hours?
12 of the 31 settings in Wantage 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Wantage take babies?
14 settings in Wantage 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 Wantage?
Oxfordshire 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.
Towns close to Wantage
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.