Report card Jan 2026
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South East
Childcare in Oxfordshire
841 registered providers with 15,671 places, up 9.0% since December 2021.
186day nurseries
332childminders
142after-school clubs
436newly registered since 2021
48.5%rated Good or better
589closed since 2021
Childminders are disappearing here. Numbers are down 18.6% since December 2021, against a national fall of about 24%.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-school Kingsgrove | Wantage | 105 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School, Rose Hill. | Oxford | 100 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School, John Radcliffe | Oxford | 90 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| The Co-operative Childcare Carterton | Brize Norton | 86 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Madley Park | Witney | 73 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School, Oxford | Oxford | 70 | Needs improvement | Jun 2026 |
| Duchess Nursery Steventon | Abingdon | 50 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Mouse's Garden | Swindon | 46 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Duchess Nursery Abingdon | Abingdon | 37 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Duchess Nursery Wallingford | Wallingford | 36 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Little Treasure Day Nursery | Oxford | 33 | Needs improvement | Jun 2026 |
| Badgemore Preschool | Henley-On-Thames | 30 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Ladybird Pre-School (Chinnor) | Chinnor | 26 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Cabin Preschool | Reading | 21 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Childrey Little Ducks Pre-school | Childrey | 18 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Blackbird Leys Adventure Playground | Oxford | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Just Camps Banbury | Banbury | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Stagecoach Theatre Arts, Bicester | Bicester | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Elite Childcare Uffington | Faringdon | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Kidz Zone Club - Fritwell C Of E Primary School | Bicester | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Kidz Zone Club - St Edburgs CE Primary School | Bicester | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Active Adventure at Kingham | Chipping Norton | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Activate Camps @ The Oratory School | Reading | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Kidz Zone Club - Langford Village Primary Sch | Bicester | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Junior Adventures Group @ John Hampden OX9 | Thame | 55 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Ladybird Pre-School Limited | Didcot | 50 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| North Hinksey Pre-School and Childcare Club | Oxford | 50 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| St Hugh Of Lincoln Nursery School | Witney | 41 | Outstanding | Dec 2025 |
| Impact Montessori Nursery | Bicester | 40 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Cool Kids Club | Oxford | 40 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Oxfam Workplace Nursery | Oxford | 28 | Outstanding | Dec 2025 |
| Stonesfield Pre-School | Witney | 27 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Grovelands Park Preschool | Wantage | 25 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| St Nicolas Pre-School and Playgroup | Abingdon | 24 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Queensdown Nursery | Thame | 22 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Windrush Leisure Centre | Witney | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Nextthingstebbes | Oxford | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Get Active at Northbourne Primary School | Didcot | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| House of Fun at Rush Common School | Abingdon | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| The Club at Mapledurham | Reading | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| ibrick at St Philip & James School | Oxford | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Space Activity Days | Didcot | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| ibrick Camps at Cutteslowe School | Oxford | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Elite Camps Henley | Henley-On-Thames | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Stagecoach Witney | Witney | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| House of Fun at St Mary and John Primary School | Oxford | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Active Camps Sibford | Banbury | 120 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Active Camps - Oxford | Oxford | 120 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Spring - RAF Benson | Wallingford | 104 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Active Camps @ West Witney | Witney | 80 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| West Oxford After School Club | Oxford | 40 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| St Swithuns After School Club | Oxford | 32 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Henley Village Montessori Nursery School | Henley-On-Thames | 32 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Vicky's After School & Holiday Club Ltd | Witney | 30 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Sandhills Pre-school | Sandhills | 30 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Hardwick and Arden Pre-School | Banbury | 28 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Cropredy Pre-School | Banbury | 26 | Outstanding | Jun 2025 |
| Ewelme Village Preschool | Wallingford | 24 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Active Adventure - Kingham | Chipping Norton | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Carterton Kumon Centre | Carterton | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |