Childcare in Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton has 36 day nurseries, 9 pre-schools, 63 school nursery classes, 21 childminders and 17 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 49 of them and rated 47 Good or better, 3 of them Outstanding. 97 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Wolverhampton there are 19 places per 100 children under five, worse supplied than England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Wolverhampton, 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 74 school nursery classes across Wolverhampton, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
146 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 Your Co-Op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School Finchfield Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened Your Co-Op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School Lanesfield Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened Your Co-Op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School Ashton Court Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened Stagecoach Tettenhall Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened RUOE Therapeutic Daycare Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened Gap Learning Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened Shooting Stars Nurseries Tettenhall Full day care
- Jun 2026Closed Your Co-Op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Ashton Court Full day care
- Jun 2026Closed Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Finchfield Full day care
- Jun 2026Closed Kip McGrath Education UK LTD - Wolverhampton West Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school Lanesfield Full day care
- Jun 2026Closed Mucky Kidz Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Wolverhampton
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Wolverhampton take funded hours?
68 of the 146 settings in Wolverhampton 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Wolverhampton rated Outstanding?
Yes. 3 of the 49 settings Ofsted has inspected in Wolverhampton hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Wolverhampton take babies?
71 settings in Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton?
Wolverhampton has 19 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 Wolverhampton
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.