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Nurseries in Alton

There are 15 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Alton, and 7 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Alton

  • Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (12 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 12 settings (2 Outstanding, 10 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Busy Bees @ Anstey Park - Pre-school, Alton GU34 2NB, ages 1 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 30 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees @ Chawton Park - Pre-school, Alton GU34 1RQ, ages 2 to 4, 42 places
    Ofsted, 7 March 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees @ St Lawrence - Day nursery, Alton GU34 2BW, ages 2 to 4, 43 places
    Ofsted, 21 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chawton Pre-School - Day nursery, Alton GU34 1SB, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 1 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • CM Sports Holiday Club - Pre-school, Alton GU34 2BZ, ages 5 to 13, 40 places
    Ofsted report card, 20 August 2026: Strong standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Enchanted Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, Alton GU34 2RN, ages 2 to 4, 72 places
    Ofsted, 13 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • First Friends Holybourne - Day nursery, Alton GU34 4EG, ages 0 to 4, 51 places
    Ofsted report card, 16 September 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • First Friends @ Wootey - Day nursery, Alton GU34 2JA, ages 0 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted report card, 9 June 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Heydays Pre-School - Pre-school, Alton GU34 5AS, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 11 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Holybourne Village Pre-school - Day nursery, Alton GU34 4HD, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 30 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Into The Wild Nursery - Day nursery, Alton GU34 1RQ, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 18 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Medstead Pre-school and Nursery - Pre-school, Alton GU34 5LG, ages 2 to 4, 38 places
    Ofsted, 2 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Single Steps Nursery - Day nursery, Alton GU34 5LL, ages 0 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted, 7 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Beehive Montessori - Day nursery, Alton GU34 4DX, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 8 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Lime Tree Children's Day Nursery - Day nursery, Alton GU34 2RL, ages 0 to 4, 48 places
    Ofsted, 24 June 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Cm Sports After School Club - Out-of-school club, Alton GU34 2JA
  • Cm Sports After School Club - Out-of-school club, Alton GU34 2DR
  • CM Sports Wrap Around & After School Club - Four Marks - Out-of-school club, Alton GU34 5AS, 20 places
  • CM Sports Wrap Around and After School Club - Out-of-school club, Alton GU34 1PW, 45 places
  • CM Sports Wrap Around and After School Club - Selbourne Primary - Out-of-school club, Alton GU34 3JA, 20 places
  • Soccer Schools UK Holiday Camps Eggars - Out-of-school club, Alton GU34 4EQ
  • Strictly Showtime - Out-of-school club, Alton GU34 1DT

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 Alton

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