Outstanding
134 placesWR9 8BB01905 799353
West Midlands
Childcare in Worcestershire
465 registered providers with 10,619 places, down 3.1% since December 2021.
144day nurseries
191childminders
60after-school clubs
192newly registered since 2021
63.4%rated Good or better
331closed since 2021
Childminders are disappearing here. Numbers are down 26.3% since December 2021, against a national fall of about 24%.
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Worcester (Worcestershire)56Redditch37Bromsgrove30Droitwich17Kidderminster (Worcestershire)17Evesham (Worcestershire)16Birmingham (Worcestershire)14Malvern (Worcestershire)11Stourbridge (Worcestershire)8Pershore7Stourport-On-Severn6Tewkesbury (Worcestershire)3Broadway2Nr Bromsgrove2Powick2Abberley1Alcester (Worcestershire)1Astwood Bank, Redditch1Beckford1Droitwich Spa1Gloucester (Worcestershire)1Inkberrow1Lickey1Lower Wick1Nr Stourport1Solihull (Worcestershire)1St Johns1Stratford-Upon-Avon (Worcestershire)1Suckley1Tardebigge1Tenbury Wells (Worcestershire)1Welland (Worcestershire)1Whittington1
Highest rated
Settings across the council
The sixty largest and best-rated. Childminders are not named, because Ofsted withholds them.
Outstanding
104 placesWR8 0SA01684 592743
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100 placesB60 4HS01527 821975
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96 placesWR9 7GP01905 590500
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90 placesWR9 7JR01905 793 950
Report card May 2026
88 placesWR5 1RU01905 345400
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86 placesB60 3EQ01527 575375
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73 placesWR6 5JB01886 833379
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62 placesWR5 1ED01905 764490
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62 placesWR5 3LQ01905 828157
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56 placesWR9 0AH07855531463
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54 placesWR3 7JW01905455396
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53 placesDY11 5AD01562823569
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49 placesGL20 7AA01386 339157
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44 placesWR3 7HS07963398605
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40 placesWR2 4AJ01905 748 478
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40 placesWR1 2RS01905 930062
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36 placesDY13 9SW01905 620708
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32 placesB98 9AN01527 596868
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32 placesB47 6AA01564829600
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30 placesWR6 6HR0758 188 1241
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30 placesWR9 7DU07549373955
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22 placesB97 4NU07528695470
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15 placesWR14 4EP07568286873
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188 placesWR13 5AA01684 574378
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160 placesB47 6JX01212705020
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120 placesWR5 2PD01905356208
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120 placesWR2 4BS01905 749291
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110 placesWR11 2UT01386 40157
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106 placesWR9 8AH01905 773981
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104 placesWR4 9FB01905 759 001
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96 placesWR14 1GQ01684 771080
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91 placesWR1 3JR01905 23973
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91 placesWR4 0HX01905 25640
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91 placesB97 6EN07976 555589
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90 placesWR10 2DB01386 553485
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89 placesDY11 6RH01562 829273
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88 placesB98 7DH0152767776
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80 placesWR14 3SW01684577518
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80 placesWR4 9HG01905 755556
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80 placesB61 0AE01527 877666
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80 placesDY9 0QN01562 228349
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80 placesB96 6DS01527 892712
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78 placesB45 8EZ0121 445 6828
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75 placesB47 5JN07914825141
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75 placesB48 7RR0121 447 7219
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73 placesB45 9AL07564415893
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71 placesB97 5JA01527 546028
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69 placesWR3 8SX01905 757779
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68 placesWR2 5DL01905 426499
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67 placesB97 4RN01527 66750
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67 placesDY13 8RJ01299 879181
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66 placesB97 6EH0152764577
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65 placesWR5 2HW01905 354088
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62 placesB97 4NB01527 540321
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62 placesWR10 3DA01386 750 555
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60 placesDY10 2LX01562 740334
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60 placesB45 8NG0121 445 4255
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60 placesWR11 1DT01386 41600
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Folks Day Nursery | Kidderminster | 85 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Puddleducks Daycare Ltd | Evesham | 66 | Outstanding | Jun 2026 |
| Wiz Kids Out of School | Evesham | 46 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| St Anne's Funhouse | Bewdley | 40 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Empower Kids Club | Malvern | 40 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| The World Outside Kindergarten | Kidderminster | 32 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Empower Kids Club | Evesham | 30 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Harvey Bears Nursery and Pre-School | Evesham | 30 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Empower Kids Club | Droitwich | 26 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Empower Kids Club | Evesham | 24 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Little Big Learners Ltd | Pershore | 16 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Empower Kids Club | Malvern | 15 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Empower Kids Club | Malvern | 15 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Bredon Little Big Learners | Tewkesbury | 13 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Empower Kids Club | Worcester | 10 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Ashton Little Big Learners | Evesham | 9 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Empower Kids Club | Evesham | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Kip McGrath Malvern | Malvern | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| B Brilliant LTD | Malvern | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| WLZ, The Lodge | Worcester | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Hagley Primary Out of School Clubs | Stourbridge | 100 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Kids Planet Mereside Farm | Solihull | 85 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Castle care Club at Meadows School | Bromsgrove | 70 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Brockhill Barn Day Nursery | Redditch | 46 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Woodhouse Nursery | Kidderminster | 40 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Wildwood Explorers | Worcester | 40 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Kiddy Winks Children And Family Setting | Kidderminster | 34 | Needs improvement | Dec 2025 |
| Nunnerywood Preschool | Worcester | 34 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Hagley Primary School Kindergarten | Stourbridge | 32 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Malvern Vale Community Childcare Provision | Malvern | 26 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| St Peter's Preschool | Bromsgrove | 24 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Dingley's Family & Specialist Early Years Centre (Worcester) | Worcester | 12 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Special Steps | Stourport-On-Severn | 8 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Empower Kids Club | Droitwich | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| The Poolbrook Centre | Malvern | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Active8+ Ltd | Worcester | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Aspire Active Camps | Birmingham | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Blue Giraffe Childcare (Droitwich) | Droitwich | 47 | Outstanding | Jun 2025 |
| Sedgeberrow Little Big Learners | Evesham | 20 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Wishing Well Nursery Perdiswell | Worcester | 20 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Worcester Learning Zone, The Lodge | Worcester | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Activate Camps @ The King's School, Worcester | Worcester | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Stagecoach Redditch | Redditch | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Kings Camps | Severn Street | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Munchkin Sports Malvern St James Girls School Holiday Camp | Malvern | 180 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| The Wendy House Lynwood | Bromsgrove | 58 | Outstanding | Dec 2024 |
| Heathfield Pre-school and Day Nursery | Kidderminster | 55 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| School House Private Day Nursery Limited / Four Seasons Out Of School Club | Bromsgrove | 44 | Outstanding | Dec 2024 |
| Squirrels Nursery | Kidderminster | 36 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Hickory Dickory Dock Day Nursery Ltd | Kidderminster | 33 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| St Peters Seedlings Pre-School | Worcester | 26 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Crabbs Cross & Hunt End Pre-School | Redditch | 26 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Castlemorton Caterpillars Pre-School | Malvern | 24 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| St Peters Preschool | Bromsgrove | 24 | Outstanding | Dec 2024 |
| Little Learners Nursery | Kidderminster | 24 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Willow Nursery School Clent | Stourbridge | 22 | Outstanding | Dec 2024 |
| Broadwas Bumblebees Preschool | Worcester | 20 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Worcester Learning Zone | Worcester | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Enable Others Ltd | Worcester | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Mereside Farm Children's Nursery | Solihull | 85 | Good | Jun 2024 |