Childcare in Winchester
Winchester has 25 day nurseries, 11 pre-schools, 5 school nursery classes, 10 childminders and 27 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 35 of them and rated 32 Good or better, 5 of them Outstanding. 44 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Hampshire there are 39 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 Hampshire, 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 81 school nursery classes across Hampshire, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
79 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.
- Jun 2026Opened 360 Degree Sports Coaching - Harestock Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Quest Childcare Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Ultimate Activity Camps at Winchester College Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened 360 Degree Sports Coaching - Compton Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened 360 Degree Sports Coaching - Henry Beaufort Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed 360 Degree Sports Coaching - Henry Beaufort Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Closed Ashley Barker Coaching 2 Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened 360 Degree Sports Coaching - St Peters Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed SportSkool Ltd at Westgate School Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Active8 Minds Winchester Owslebury Afterschool Club and Holiday Club Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Dungaroos Pre-School Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Closed SportSkool Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Winchester
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Winchester take funded hours?
13 of the 79 settings in Winchester 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Winchester rated Outstanding?
Yes. 5 of the 35 settings Ofsted has inspected in Winchester hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Winchester take babies?
65 settings in Winchester 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 Winchester?
Hampshire has 39 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 Winchester
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.