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Nurseries in Basildon

There are 43 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Basildon, and 11 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Basildon

  • Ofsted report cards: 5 settings (4 Strong standard, 26 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 34 settings (8 Outstanding, 26 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • ABC Treehouse - Day nursery, Basildon SS13 1SD, ages 2 to 4, 16 places
    Ofsted, 6 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • ABC TREEHOUSE - Day nursery, Basildon SS16 4AE, ages 2 to 11, 32 places
    Ofsted, 23 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Barnett Bears Nursery - Day nursery, Basildon SS14 2BE, ages 0 to 5, 40 places
    Ofsted, 18 April 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Basildon Hospital Day Nursery School - Day nursery, Basildon SS16 5NP, ages 1 to 4, 37 places
    Ofsted, 16 September 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Beginnings Pre-School Ltd - Pre-school, Basildon SS13 1PN, ages 2 to 4, 52 places
    Ofsted, 30 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Horizons Basildon Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Basildon SS14 3DG, ages 0 to 4, 142 places
    Ofsted, 26 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees Preschool - Pre-school, Basildon SS15 5UH, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 14 September 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chapel Hill Nursery - Day nursery, Basildon SS16 5NQ, 56 places
    Ofsted, 3 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Club Kingswood Nursery - Day nursery, Basildon SS16 5JP, ages 0 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted report card, 24 February 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • First Steps Day Nursery - Day nursery, Basildon SS13 3EA, ages 0 to 4, 64 places
    Ofsted, 27 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Fryerns Community Playgroup - Pre-school, Basildon SS14 2NN, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 9 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Jigsaw Pre-School - Pre-school, Basildon SS16 4JN, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted report card, 15 January 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Kidbusterz Whitmoreway School Half Term Club - Pre-school, Basildon SS14 2TP
  • Kinder Kidz Day Nursery - Day nursery, Basildon SS15 5AG, ages 1 to 3, 30 places
    Ofsted, 9 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kingswood Pre-School - Pre-school, Basildon SS16 5AD, ages 2 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 19 September 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Explorers Pre-School - Pre-school, Basildon SS14 3PL, ages 2 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted, 24 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Friends Pre-School Limited - Pre-school, Basildon SS14 2LB, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 12 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Gem's Pre-School Basildon - Pre-school, Basildon SS14 1QP, ages 2 to 4, 38 places
    Ofsted, 25 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Steps Pre-School - Pre-school, Basildon SS14 1SA, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 29 April 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Teddies Nursery - Day nursery, Basildon SS14 3EG, ages 0 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted, 12 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • More Grace Day Nursery and Out of School Club - Day nursery, Basildon SS13 2EF, ages 1 to 11, 46 places
    Ofsted, 21 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Munchkins Nursery and Pre School - Day nursery, Basildon SS15 6JQ, ages 1 to 4, 55 places
    Ofsted, 21 November 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Munchkins Nursery And Pre School - Day nursery, Basildon SS15 6PE, ages 0 to 5, 41 places
    Ofsted, 13 May 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Munchkins Nursery And Pre School - Day nursery, Basildon SS15 6UJ, ages 0 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 4 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Noak Bridge Pre-School - Day nursery, Basildon SS15 4JS, ages 2 to 10, 32 places
    Ofsted, 3 October 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Oak Trees Day Nursery School - Day nursery, Basildon SS15 6EE, ages 1 to 4, 51 places
    Ofsted, 17 February 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Paddocks Pre-School - Pre-school, Basildon SS15 5SP, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 9 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Pure Imagination Childcare - Pre-school, Basildon SS14 2NB, ages 1 to 10, 30 places
    Ofsted report card, 23 April 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Rainbows Preschool Nursery - Pre-school, Basildon SS16 4DA, 38 places
  • Second Steps Day Nursery - Day nursery, Basildon SS13 1DY, ages 1 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted, 7 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Second Steps Day Nursery - Day nursery, Basildon SS15 6PH, ages 0 to 8, 106 places
    Ofsted, 5 February 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Serendipity Nursery - Day nursery, Basildon SS16 4NF, ages 0 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted, 31 August 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Serendipity Nursery II - Day nursery, Basildon SS13 3HL, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 30 July 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • SHARE at Frypa Hall - Day nursery, Basildon SS14 3PW
  • Stepping Stones Pre-School - Pre-school, Basildon SS16 5RX, ages 2 to 3, 26 places
    Ofsted, 29 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St John's Childcare Forest Glade - Day nursery, Basildon SS16 6RX, ages 1 to 11, 110 places
    Ofsted, 26 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St. Paul's Pre-school (Basildon) Ltd - Pre-school, Basildon SS15 5HL, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted report card, 4 December 2025: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • The Caterpillar Clubhouse - Day nursery, Basildon SS15 6LF, ages 1 to 4, 14 places
    Ofsted report card, 22 January 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • The Centre Pre-School - Pre-school, Basildon SS14 2EQ, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 12 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Funhouse Pre-School - Pre-school, Basildon SS15 5LS, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 9 September 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Oak Wood Pre-School - Pre-school, Basildon SS16 6HG, 34 places
  • Twizzle Tops Day Nursery - Day nursery, Basildon SS16 4UH, ages 0 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted, 8 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Willowfield Pre-School Limited - Pre-school, Basildon SS15 4EQ, ages 1 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 16 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • BOSP Brighter Opportunities for Special People - Out-of-school club, Basildon SS14 2LA, 22 places
  • Club Epic Lincewood - Out-of-school club, Basildon SS16 6AZ
  • Fryerns Community Early Years - Out-of-school club, Basildon SS14 2NN, 40 places
  • Janet Kidz Club - Out-of-school club, Basildon SS13 3AX
  • Junior Adventures Group @ Basildon SS14 - Out-of-school club, Basildon SS14 3GR
  • Kidbusterz Janet Duke School - Out-of-school club, Basildon SS15 5LS, 60 places
  • Little Nipperz - Out-of-school club, Basildon SS15 6QS, 16 places
  • Little Nipperz - Out-of-school club, Basildon SS14 2TP, 20 places
  • Mobabiekidz Nursery School - Out-of-school club, Basildon SS16 4NG
  • SHARE - Out-of-school club, Basildon SS14 2RR
  • YMCA Essex @ The Willows Primary School - Out-of-school club, Basildon SS14 2EX, 20 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 Basildon

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