Outstanding
140 placesE17 8ER02085200612
London
Childcare in Waltham Forest
426 registered providers with 6,185 places, up 10.6% since December 2021.
88day nurseries
148childminders
40after-school clubs
227newly registered since 2021
49.7%rated Good or better
264closed since 2021
Childminders are disappearing here. Numbers are down 25.6% 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.
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108 placesE17 9HJ02085211066
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85 placesE17 7DH02085098080
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56 placesE17 3JF07721008995
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42 placesE4 8LU0208 527 1290
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140 placesE17 5QA020 8527 9711
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134 placesE17 5JW0208 531 9522
Good
130 placesE10 5NR020 8558 0666
Good
120 placesE17 4HU0208 523 5551
Good
120 placesE17 9QN07931711299
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108 placesE4 9EY0208 52470630
Good
102 placesE4 8BJ07507487114
Good
100 placesE11 1NR0208 988 0818
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96 placesE17 9HU020 8520 6756
Good
89 placesE17 5DA0208 523 2968
Good
88 placesE17 5PX0208 527 1737
Good
80 placesE10 5AB0208 558 0786
Good
79 placesE17 9AA02085209311
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76 placesE17 4EZ07507487114
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71 placesE17 7DT07912449620
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70 placesE4 7BA02035835741
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68 placesE11 3AY07925543677
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68 placesE4 9AL02085272902
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67 placesE17 8ER02085208300
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65 placesE4 8ST02039679898
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65 placesE11 3DB02039003910
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63 placesE17 3NU02085214640
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60 placesE11 1JD0208 558 1777
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60 placesE4 7BA020 3912 6012
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60 placesE10 5DX07947121463
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60 placesE4 8NU0208 529 6058
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59 placesE4 9PJ020 3780 3062
Good
58 placesE17 8PJ020 89233395
Good
56 placesE10 5PW02079983119
Good
52 placesE11 1AQ02085566889
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51 placesE17 5RY0203 409 2512
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51 placesE17 9LZ02085 201 329
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50 placesE17 3JJ02085098838
Good
50 placesE11 1HR02085305333
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50 placesE4 6JT02085244700
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50 placesE10 5EF02085581810
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50 placesE4 9HG020 8559 4473
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43 placesE10 5DU07402264190
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40 placesE4 9AY020 8523 5046
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40 placesE17 6AR02085235532
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38 placesE17 9SF020 8521 7612
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37 placesE17 7HF02085209543
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Report card Feb 2026
35 placesE4 6XQ02036097557
Good
35 placesE17 8JU07813668606
Good
34 placesE10 6QT0208 127 7374
Good
34 placesE11 1BN07834169759
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33 placesE17 3QN020 3643 3839
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32 placesE17 7LF01536 680101
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30 placesE11 1EQ07946511721
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30 placesE17 6SA07958668415
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30 placesE17 6QQ02085215524
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30 placesE4 8AT0208 559 3903
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30 placesE10 6EH0208 5568585
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Horizons Leytonstone Day Nursery and Preschool | London | 130 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Kids Inc Day Nursery | Chingford Hatch | 90 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Emmanuel Community Church Nursery | London | 64 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| YMCA After School Club @ Chase Lane Primary School | London | 42 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Handsworth Pre-School | London | 38 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| My Little Kingdom Childcare | Chingford | 18 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Active London - George Tomlinson | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Focal Learning | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| The Learning Hub | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Top Mark | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| The Strings Club - Walthamstow Holiday Camp | London | 40 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Penrhyn Childcare Centre | London | 30 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Study Right Ltd | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Camp Horizons Buxton School | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Waltham Forest Tuition Centre | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Sky Learning Childcare | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Nappy Gang Nursery | London | 120 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Chingford Forest Day Nursery & Pre School | London | 42 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Strawberry Fields Day Nursery | London | 40 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Childcare Solution - Walthamstow Primary Academy | London | 16 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Stagecoach Chingford | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Tiny Toes Day Care Nursery | Leyton London | 73 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Tender Cubs Pre-School And Day Nursery | London | 55 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Kids In Charge At Heathcote School | London | 50 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Early Buds Nursery | London | 44 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Early Buds Nursery | London | 42 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Early Buds Nursery | London | 40 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| St Peter's Preschool | London | 30 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| St Francis Pre-School | London | 26 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Mulberry Day Nursery Limited | London | 24 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Kip McGrath Leyton | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Ackeee Tree Children's Club @ Leyton Trinity (E10) | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Sparks Walthamstow | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Stagecoach Chingford | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| ShowKids- Greenleaf Centre | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Yellow Birds Holiday Club - Chingford | London | 70 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| Willow Tree Nursery | London | 41 | Good | Jun 2024 |
| Shine Clubs @ Greenleaf Primary School | London | 30 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| Kumon Higham Hill | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| Kip McGrath Education Centres Chingford | Chingford | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| The Valley Centre | London | 46 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| The Strings Club - Walthamstow Holiday Camp | London | 40 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Childcare Solution - Our Lady & St. George's Lower Site School | London | 32 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Buxton Bears Pre-School | London | 32 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| Whitehall Connections After School Club | London | 28 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| JR TUTORS LTD | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Axis Walthamstow Tuition Centre | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Walthamstow Wetlands | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Mini Athletics | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Childcare Solution - Our Lady & St. George's Upper Site School | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| YMCA After School Club @ Edinburgh Primary School | London | 45 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Stepping Stones Childcare | London | 26 | Good | Jun 2023 |
| YMCA After School Club @ South Grove Primary School | London | 24 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Childcare Solution - Kelmscott | London | 24 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Childcare Solution - Salisbury Manor | Chingford | 20 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| HM Childcare Ltd | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Leyton Study Centre | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Redwood Preschool | London | 60 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Redwood Preschool | London | 24 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Active London Dawlish Primary School | London | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |