Childcare in Wimbledon
Wimbledon has 4 day nurseries, 1 pre-school, 2 school nursery classes and 3 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 5 of them, and rated every one Good or better. 5 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Merton there are 31 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 Merton, 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 49 school nursery classes across Merton, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
10 settings, best rated first. 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.
- Dec 2025Closed Willows Pre-School Full day care
What people ask about childcare in Wimbledon
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Wimbledon take funded hours?
6 of the 10 settings in Wimbledon 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Wimbledon take babies?
8 settings in Wimbledon 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 Wimbledon?
Merton 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.
Towns close to Wimbledon
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.