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Nurseries in Abingdon

There are 20 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Abingdon, and 10 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Abingdon

  • Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (3 Strong standard, 9 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention, 3 Urgent improvement)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 12 settings (12 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Activate Camps @ St Helen and St Katharine - Day nursery, Abingdon OX14 1BE
  • Bright Horizons Milton Park Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Abingdon OX14 4RY, ages 0 to 4, 130 places
    Ofsted, 13 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Horizons St Mary's Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Abingdon OX14 1AA, ages 0 to 4, 114 places
    Ofsted, 9 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Culham Science Centre Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Abingdon OX14 3GY, ages 0 to 4, 144 places
    Ofsted report card, 11 June 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Culham Village Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Abingdon OX14 4NB, ages 0 to 4, 71 places
    Ofsted report card, 14 January 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Dalton Pre-School Nursery - Day nursery, Abingdon OX13 6JB, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted report card, 28 April 2026: Needs attention in 3 areas, Urgent improvement in 3 areas; safeguarding standards not met
  • Duchess Nursery Abingdon - Day nursery, Abingdon OX14 1PJ, 51 places
  • Duchess Nursery Steventon - Day nursery, Abingdon OX13 6RP, 54 places
  • Kiddylinguistics Preschool With Culham After School Club - Day nursery, Abingdon OX14 3DZ, ages 3 to 11, 24 places
    Ofsted, 21 September 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Dots Abingdon North - Day nursery, Abingdon OX14 1NR, 37 places
  • Little Fishes Nursery - Day nursery, Abingdon OX13 6BD, ages 0 to 4, 42 places
    Ofsted, 20 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Long Wittenham Pre-School - Pre-school, Abingdon OX14 4QH, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 27 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Marcham Pre-School Playgroup - Day nursery, Abingdon OX13 6PY, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 19 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Peachcroft Pre-School - Day nursery, Abingdon OX14 2RT, ages 2 to 3, 26 places
    Ofsted, 3 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Red Dragon Pre-School - Pre-school, Abingdon OX14 4DR, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 18 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Southmoor Little Angels - Day nursery, Abingdon OX13 5DJ, ages 0 to 4, 62 places
    Ofsted, 5 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stagecoach Abingdon - Pre-school, Abingdon OX14 5NL
  • Sunningwell Preschool - Pre-school, Abingdon OX13 6RE, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 16 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sunrise Nursery - Day nursery, Abingdon OX13 5AR, ages 0 to 8, 113 places
    Ofsted, 26 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Abingdon Kindergarten - Long Furlong - Day nursery, Abingdon OX14 1XR, ages 1 to 4, 75 places
    Ofsted, 29 August 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Elite Camps Abingdon - Out-of-school club, Abingdon OX14 1RF
  • Junior Adventures Group @ Appleton CofE Primary School OX13 - Out-of-school club, Abingdon OX13 5JL, 30 places
  • Junior Adventures Group @ Rush Common School OX14 - Out-of-school club, Abingdon OX14 2AW, 60 places
  • Junior Adventures Group @ St Edmunds OX14 - Out-of-school club, Abingdon OX14 3PP, 30 places
  • Junior Adventures Group @ St Nicolas OX14 - Out-of-school club, Abingdon OX14 1HB, 64 places
  • Long Furlong Badger Club - Out-of-school club, Abingdon OX14 1XP, 35 places
  • SuperCamps at Abingdon School - Out-of-school club, Abingdon OX14 1DE, 60 places
  • TA Sport Stars Camp Carswell Community Primary School - Out-of-school club, Abingdon OX14 1DP
  • Vicky's After School & Holiday Club - Out-of-school club, Abingdon OX13 5DJ, 40 places
  • Vicky's After School & Holiday Club Ltd - Out-of-school club, Abingdon OX13 6PY, 30 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Abingdon

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.