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Nurseries in Barking and Dagenham

There are 91 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Barking and Dagenham council area, and 44 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Barking and Dagenham

  • Ofsted report cards: 12 settings (8 Strong standard, 60 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 52 settings (4 Outstanding, 48 Good)

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

Childminders and home childcarers

  • 103 registered childminders in Barking and Dagenham (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)
  • 240 registered home childcarers in Barking and Dagenham (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)
  • 1 childcare setting in a private home in Barking and Dagenham (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)

Childminders look after children in their own homes. We show how many are registered, not who they are.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • 1st Steps Day Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, Dagenham RM10 7UR, ages 0 to 4, 109 places
    Ofsted, 18 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Abbey Children Centre Nursery - Day nursery, Barking IG11 8LA, ages 1 to 4, 92 places
    Ofsted, 11 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • ABC Preschool - Pre-school, Dagenham RM9 6UR, ages 2 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted report card, 3 July 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Adorable Childcare Nursery Ltd. - Day nursery, Dagenham RM10 9YP, ages 1 to 4, 52 places
    Ofsted report card, 2 June 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Alamiyah Montessori - Pre-school, Dagenham RM8 2ES, 24 places
  • Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Barking - Day nursery, Barking IG11 8TA, ages 0 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 10 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Dagenham - Day nursery, Dagenham RM8 2TR, ages 0 to 4, 46 places
    Ofsted, 16 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Barking Riverside Explorers - Day nursery, Barking IG11 0AN, ages 1 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted report card, 10 March 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Barking Riverside Nursery School - Day nursery, Barking IG11 0FU, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 8 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Barking Riverside Nursery School - Day nursery, Barking IG11 0FU, ages 0 to 4, 53 places
    Ofsted, 8 December 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Barney Bears Nursery - Day nursery, Barking IG11 9LR, ages 1 to 4, 46 places
    Ofsted, 19 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Blossom Bay Nursery - Day nursery, Dagenham RM8 1ST, 30 places
  • Buttercup Preschool - Pre-school, Dagenham RM9 5QA, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted report card, 3 July 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Calvary Day Nursery - Day nursery, Barking IG11 7TR, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 25 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chadwell Heath Nursery - Day nursery, Romford RM6 6QJ, ages 0 to 4, 120 places
    Ofsted, 8 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chestnut@Arden House - Day nursery, Barking IG11 8SY, ages 0 to 4, 57 places
    Ofsted, 24 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chestnut@Gascoigne - Day nursery, Barking IG11 7HQ, ages 1 to 4, 89 places
    Ofsted, 15 May 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chestnut @Greatfields - Day nursery, Barking IG11 7BL, 45 places
  • Chestnut@Halbutt Street - Day nursery, Dagenham RM9 5AA, ages 0 to 4, 69 places
    Ofsted, 6 September 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chestnut@Markyate - Day nursery, London RM8 2LD, ages 2 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted, 27 April 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chestnut@Sue Bramley - Day nursery, Barking IG11 0LG, ages 0 to 4, 76 places
    Ofsted, 28 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chestnut@William Bellamy - Day nursery, Dagenham RM10 7HX, ages 2 to 4, 61 places
    Ofsted, 17 January 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Childville@Barking Adult College - Pre-school, Barking IG11 7PB, 30 places
  • Childville@ChadwellHeath Community Centre - Pre-school, Romford RM6 6AS, 30 places
  • Childville @ Dagenham Parish Hall - Pre-school, Dagenham RM10 8TR, ages 2 to 3, 48 places
    Ofsted, 14 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Childville Preschool@Catterall Hall - Pre-school, Romford RM6 6LB, ages 2 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 22 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Childville Pre School Gascoigne - Pre-school, Barking IG11 7PR, ages 1 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 23 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Childville Pre School @ St Johns - Pre-school, Dagenham RM9 4XA, ages 2 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted, 18 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Childville Pre School @ Thamesview Community Hall - Pre-school, Barking IG11 0LG, ages 2 to 3, 40 places
    Ofsted, 7 November 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Dagenham Montessori Nursery - Pre-school, Dagenham RM9 6BX, 22 places
  • Eastbury Children's Centre Nursery - Day nursery, Barking IG11 9SQ, ages 1 to 4, 81 places
    Ofsted, 7 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • EduCare Tutoring Centre - Day nursery, Barking IG11 7LN
  • Eljoy Nursery - Day nursery, Romford RM6 4BE, ages 2 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted, 5 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Eljoy Nursery - Day nursery, Romford RM6 5NR, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 18 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Elm Lane Day Nursery - Day nursery, Dagenham RM10 9UR, ages 1 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted, 17 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Farrance Road Nursery and Pre-school - Day nursery, London RM6 6EB, ages 1 to 4, 47 places
    Ofsted, 24 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Ford Road Children's Centre - Day nursery, London RM10 9JS, ages 0 to 4, 57 places
    Ofsted, 15 February 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Harmony House at Castle Green - Day nursery, Dagenham RM9 4UN, ages 0 to 4, 81 places
    Ofsted, 11 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Harmony House Dagenham - Day nursery, Dagenham RM9 6XN, ages 0 to 4, 84 places
    Ofsted, 4 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Heathway After School Club - Day nursery, Dagenham RM10 8RE
  • Heritage Day Nursery - Pre-school, Dagenham RM10 8LP, ages 2 to 4, 21 places
    Ofsted, 13 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Holloway Coaching Wrap Around Care - Pre-school, Barking IG11 7AR, 20 places
  • John Perry Nursery - Day nursery, Dagenham RM10 8BS, ages 0 to 4, 55 places
    Ofsted, 31 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kiddies Lounge Pre School Day Nursery - Day nursery, Barking IG11 0FJ, ages 0 to 4, 87 places
    Ofsted, 2 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kidzland Nursery - Day nursery, Dagenham RM10 7SD, ages 1 to 3, 50 places
    Ofsted report card, 10 September 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Kinder Kapers Too - Day nursery, Dagenham RM9 5NB, ages 2 to 4, 136 places
    Ofsted, 14 September 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kinder Kapers Too - Village Ward - Pre-school, Dagenham RM10 8TD, 48 places
  • Knowledge County Tuition - Pre-school, Dagenham RM8 1YT
  • Kumon Barking Study Centre - Pre-school, Barking IG11 7NB
  • Leaping Toads - Day nursery, Dagenham RM10 9SA, ages 2 to 4, 80 places
    Ofsted, 2 August 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Leys Children's Centre Nursery - Day nursery, London RM10 9XW, ages 0 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted report card, 30 January 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Little Beacons Nursery Ltd - Pre-school, Dagenham RM8 1YT, 45 places
  • Little Learners Nursery: St Margaret's - Day nursery, Barking IG11 8AS, 82 places
  • Marks Gate Children's Centre Nursery - Day nursery, Chadwell Heath RM6 5LL, ages 1 to 4, 52 places
    Ofsted, 29 August 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Montessori & Me Nursery - Day nursery, Romford RM6 6AX, 58 places
    Ofsted, 3 April 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Morningstar Nursery School - Day nursery, Dagenham RM8 1BJ, ages 2 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted report card, 6 July 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Orange & Lemon - Day nursery, Barking IG11 8LQ, ages 2 to 3, 24 places
    Ofsted, 23 September 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Pembroke Children's Activity Centre - Day nursery, Dagenham RM10 7YP
  • Playaway Nursery (BCC) Limited - Day nursery, Becontree RM8 2QR, ages 1 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 13 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Playaway Nursery (blc) Limited - Day nursery, Barking IG11 7NB, ages 2 to 4, 42 places
    Ofsted, 9 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Playaway Nursery (SRCC) - Day nursery, Dagenham RM9 5QS, ages 1 to 3, 47 places
    Ofsted, 31 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Playdays Nursery And Preschool - Day nursery, Dagenham RM8 1DD, ages 0 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 2 August 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Playful Pandas Nursery - Day nursery, Dagenham RM9 5AZ, 60 places
  • Playtime Day Care- Dagenham - Day nursery, Dagenham RM10 9ND, ages 1 to 4, 93 places
    Ofsted report card, 13 April 2026: Expected standard in 3 areas, Needs attention in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Promise Tuition Centre - Pre-school, Dagenham RM9 4TP
  • Purple Penguin at the Vibe - Pre-school, Dagenham RM8 2UT
  • Purple Penguin Club @ Becontree Children's Centre - Pre-school, Dagenham RM8 2QR
  • Quality Kidz Nurseries - Day nursery, Dagenham RM9 5LT, ages 0 to 4, 53 places
    Ofsted, 19 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Quality Kidz Nurseries Ltd - Day nursery, Dagenham RM8 2RS, ages 0 to 4, 64 places
    Ofsted, 18 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Qurtubah Nursery - Pre-school, Dagenham RM9 6FN, 34 places
  • Rainbow Friends Childcare - Day nursery, Barking IG11 7SQ, ages 0 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted report card, 2 December 2025: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 4 areas, Needs attention in 1 area; safeguarding standards met
  • Royal Gate Kids Nursery - Day nursery, Barking IG11 9XQ, ages 0 to 5, 32 places
    Ofsted, 15 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Royal Gate Kids Pre School - Day nursery, Barking IG11 8AL, ages 1 to 4, 51 places
    Ofsted, 9 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Saint Chad's Anglican Pre-School - Pre-school, Romford RM6 6JH, ages 2 to 3, 53 places
    Ofsted, 11 September 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Savvy Kids - Pre-school, Dagenham RM9 5JB
  • Sky Learning Childcare - Day nursery, Romford RM6 6LS
  • Solid Start Nursery Limited - Day nursery, Dagenham RM8 3XP, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted report card, 19 March 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • SpectacularKidz Day Nursery & Preschool - Day nursery, Barking IG11 0NY, ages 1 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 8 August 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • SpectacularKidz Preschool Nursery @ Kidznest - Pre-school, Barking IG11 0NZ, 35 places
  • Spinduliukas - Day nursery, Barking IG11 9QA, ages 1 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 22 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Study Buddies Tuition Centre (Dagenham) - Day nursery, Dagenham RM8 3RA
  • Tendercubs Preschool and Day Nursery, Porters Avenue. - Day nursery, Dagenham RM8 2EQ, ages 1 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted report card, 20 July 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Tendercubs Preschool and Day Nursery, Woodward road - Day nursery, Dagenham RM9 4SJ, ages 0 to 3, 45 places
    Ofsted, 18 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Ark Day Care Nursery - Day nursery, Dagenham RM8 1NL, ages 3 to 4, 59 places
    Ofsted, 15 February 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Fountain Pre-school - Pre-school, Barking IG11 0RH, 84 places
  • The Maples - Day nursery, Barking IG11 7LQ, ages 0 to 4, 80 places
    Ofsted, 19 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Oaks Centre Ltd - Day nursery, Romford RM5 2DD, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted report card, 3 June 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • The vibe - Pre-school, Dagenham RM8 2UT
  • Trinity Playcentre - Day nursery, Dagenham RM10 9RL, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 14 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tubbies Day Nursery - Day nursery, Romford RM7 0UX, ages 1 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 9 April 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Wright Education - @ Dagenham - Pre-school, Dagenham RM10 8TR, 35 places

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Bright Futures - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM10 8UR, 32 places
  • Bright Futures Kids Club @ Roding 1 - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM9 4BL, 28 places
  • Bright Futures Kids Club @ Roding 2 - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM8 2XS, 28 places
  • Childville After School Club @ Furze - Out-of-school club, Romford RM6 6ES, 40 places
  • Childville After School Services Ltd - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM8 2QR, 40 places
  • Ctm - Out-of-school club, Barking IG11 8PL
  • Dagenham & Redbridge Buddy Club - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM10 7XL
  • Em3 Kids Club - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM9 6UR, 33 places
  • EM3 Kids Club - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM9 6TD, 40 places
  • Explore Learning Barking - Out-of-school club, Barking IG11 7RL
  • Fun 'n' fab Kids Centre - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM10 9YP, 40 places
  • George Carey Wraparound Care - Out-of-school club, Barking IG11 0FJ, 60 places
  • Godwin Primary - Premier Education - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM9 6JH, 16 places
  • Greatfields - Premier Education - Out-of-school club, Barking IG11 7BL, 18 places
  • Honeybees Breakfast and After School Club - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM8 2XJ, 23 places
  • Honey Bees preschool, Afterschool club, breakfast and holiday club - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM8 2XT, 36 places
  • Hunters Hall Extended Provision - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM10 8DE, 16 places
  • Junior Adventures Group @ Gascoigne IG11 - Out-of-school club, Barking IG11 7JA, 50 places
  • Kumon Barking Riverside - Out-of-school club, Barking Riverside IG11 0SQ
  • Kumon Dagenham - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM10 7DX
  • Learn - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM10 9JD
  • Learning Hive - Becontree - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM8 2UR
  • Love Literacy - Out-of-school club, Romford RM6 6AS
  • L.s.c Barking - Out-of-school club, Barking IG11 8NL
  • Malearn @ Thames View Junior School - Out-of-school club, Barking IG11 0LG, 15 places
  • Manor Infants Before School - Out-of-school club, Barking IG11 9AG, 30 places
  • Manor Junior Extended School Provision - Out-of-school club, Barking IG11 9AG, 60 places
  • Manor Longbridge Extended Schools - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM8 2FL, 30 places
  • Parsloes Extended School - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM9 5RH, 24 places
  • Riverside Primary Extended School Provison - Out-of-school club, Barking IG11 0FU, 20 places
  • Roding Primary Extended Schools - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM9 4BL, 15 places
  • Rose Lane Holiday Clubs - Out-of-school club, Romford RM6 5NJ, 20 places
  • Saein Club Barking - Out-of-school club, Barking IG11 8TG
  • Shine Clubs @ Eastbrook - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM10 7UR, 10 places
  • Sun and Moon Playcare Scheme - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM9 5TB, 40 places
  • Sun and Moon Playcare Scheme - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM10 8DF, 16 places
  • Sun And Moon Playcare Scheme - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM10 9JS, 32 places
  • Sun And Moon Playcare Scheme Limited - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM9 5QA, 20 places
  • Super Star Sport Camp @ Saint Josephs - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM9 5UL
  • T2 Tuition - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM9 6UX
  • Thames View Extended Provision - Out-of-school club, Barking IG11 0LG, 16 places
  • The Ripple Centre - Out-of-school club, Barking IG11 7FN
  • Tuition Centre Barking Branch - Out-of-school club, Barking IG11 8LA
  • Your Sport London - Out-of-school club, Dagenham RM8 1JU

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)

Towns in Barking and Dagenham

Schools in Barking and Dagenham

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