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Nurseries in Barrow-in-furness

There are 14 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Barrow-in-furness.

Inspection grades in Barrow-in-furness

  • Ofsted report cards: 2 settings (1 Strong standard, 11 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 10 settings (1 Outstanding, 9 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Barrow Day Nursery - Day nursery, Barrow In Furness LA14 4LF, ages 0 to 4, 120 places
    Ofsted, 10 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bram's Little Sailors - Day nursery, Barrow in Furness LA14 2RX, ages 0 to 11, 65 places
    Ofsted, 22 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cheeky Monkeys Childcare - Day nursery, Barrow-In-Furness LA13 9PA, ages 0 to 10, 52 places
    Ofsted, 6 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Dane Ghyll Daycare - Pre-school, Barrow-in-furness LA14 4PG, 9 places
  • Happy Tots Day Nursery Limited - Day nursery, Barrow-in-Furness LA13 9JY, ages 0 to 4, 137 places
    Ofsted, 7 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hindpool Nursery Daycare - Pre-school, Barrow-in-Furness LA14 5TS, 9 places
  • Kids Planet Hollingarth - Day nursery, Barrow-in-Furness LA13 9AA, ages 0 to 4, 58 places
    Ofsted, 7 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kids Planet Old Vicarage - Day nursery, Barrow-in-Furness LA14 5SS, ages 0 to 5, 105 places
    Ofsted, 26 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Lynwood Ashtree Day Nursery - Day nursery, Barrow-In-Furness LA13 9NG, ages 0 to 4, 74 places
    Ofsted, 17 August 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Parkside Academy Baby Room - Day nursery, Barrow-in-furness LA13 9BY, ages 0 to 2, 12 places
    Ofsted report card, 10 December 2025: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Quarrybrow Nursery - Day nursery, Barrow-in-Furness LA14 4AR, ages 0 to 3, 48 places
    Ofsted report card, 29 September 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Ramsden Robins Pre Nursery - Day nursery, Barrow-In-Furness LA14 1AN, ages 0 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 9 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Roose Nursery - Day nursery, Barrow-in-Furness LA13 0HF, ages 0 to 4, 61 places
    Ofsted, 10 March 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Walney Central Pre-School - Day nursery, Barrow-In-Furness LA14 3HY, ages 0 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted, 6 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

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 Barrow-in-furness

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