Outstanding
53 placesFY4 2QR01253 407172
North West
Childcare in Blackpool
74 registered providers with 2,095 places, up 0.2% since December 2021.
35day nurseries
33childminders
2after-school clubs
26newly registered since 2021
79.5%rated Good or better
43closed since 2021
Childminders are disappearing here. Numbers are down 37.7% since December 2021, against a national fall of about 24%.
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Settings across the council
The sixty largest and best-rated. Childminders are not named, because Ofsted withholds them.
Good
125 placesFY4 5HJ01253760610
Good
102 placesFY5 1NY01253 869729
Good
100 placesFY4 4UZ01253 694880
Good
92 placesFY3 8NR01253 955537
Good
90 placesFY3 9EQ01253 393299
Good
87 placesFY1 2NP01253 749585
Good
85 placesFY3 9HH01253 762731
Good
75 placesFY4 4EL01253 764740
Good
72 placesFY4 4LR01253769748
Good
65 placesFY2 9QU01253 354639
Good
54 placesFY2 0PD01253592813
Good
54 placesFY4 2HG01253401774
Good
54 placesFY4 1JH01253347087
Good
52 placesFY4 3HZ01253 839397
Good
48 placesFY4 4JN01253 693998
Good
48 placesFY4 1LW07745 511841
Report card Jan 2026
45 placesFY1 5EN07546106904
Good
45 placesFY3 7DZ01253 319392
Good
45 placesFY1 1PP01253290694
Good
45 placesFY2 0AJ01253 357 891
Good
40 placesFY3 8DS01253300517
Good
40 placesFY1 3HY01253 296090
Good
36 placesFY4 4BU07792358561
Good
34 placesFY3 9JL01253 695658
Good
27 placesFY3 9NL01253 375820
Good
27 placesFY1 6EU01253 349710
Good
25 placesFY2 9EG01253 353877
Good
25 placesFY4 1PU01253 465325
Good
15 placesFY2 0HN01253 354059
Good
FY5 3RX01253 829295
Needs improvement
42 placesFY1 2RU07516312141
Not yet inspected
104 placesFY5 1PD01253 853452
Not yet inspected
80 placesFY3 9UR07900 493065
Not yet inspected
65 placesFY3 9JS01253 543443
Not yet inspected
43 placesFY2 9LF
Not yet inspected
36 placesFY2 0SU01253 596951
Not yet inspected
20 placesFY4 5FH07786905161
Not yet inspected
FY1 3PB01772 629 470
No longer open
Settings that have closed
Worked out by comparing consecutive Ofsted releases; the closure falls in the six months before the date shown.
| Setting | Town | Places it had | Last rating | Gone by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Nicholas Pre-School | Blackpool | 20 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Holy Family Playgroup With Out Of School Clubs | Blackpool | 50 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Stanley Park Forest Camp | Blackpool | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| West Park Kindergarten | Blackpool | 87 | Good | Jun 2024 |
| Chelsea Kindergarten | Blackpool | 36 | Good | Jun 2024 |
| Blossoms Holiday Club | Blackpool | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Kidspace Nursery | Thornton-Cleveleys | 102 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Victoria Hospital Nursery | Blackpool | 92 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| The New Westmere Day Nursery | Blackpool | 78 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Kidspace Clubs | Blackpool | 70 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| The Learning Lodge Nursery | Thornton-Cleveleys | 56 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Kinderland Nursery | Blackpool | 47 | Inadequate | Dec 2022 |
| Our Ladies Breakfast and After School Club | Blackpool | 40 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Tower Learning Centre | Blackpool | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Happy Tots Nursery | Blackpool | 83 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |
| Butterfly Lodge Nursery | Blackpool | 54 | Outstanding | Jun 2022 |
| Bluebell Lodge Nursery | Blackpool | 53 | Good | Jun 2022 |
| Lancashire Alternative Provision | Blackpool | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |