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Nurseries in Benfleet

There are 14 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Benfleet, and 4 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Benfleet

  • Ofsted report cards: 1 setting (1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 12 settings (3 Outstanding, 9 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Club V Thundersley - Pre-school, Benfleet SS7 3YP
  • First Class Day Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, Benfleet SS7 5LN, ages 0 to 8, 100 places
    Ofsted, 2 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Georgie Porgie - Day nursery, Benfleet SS7 2EE, ages 1 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted, 24 April 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Happy Stars T.M Preschool - Pre-school, Benfleet SS7 4BS, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 11 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Footprints Day Nursery - Day nursery, Benfleet SS7 3PT, ages 0 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted, 29 July 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Purple Lion Day Nursery (Benfleet) - Day nursery, Benfleet SS7 5LD, ages 0 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 7 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Queen Bee's Day Nursery - Day nursery, Benfleet SS7 5XR, ages 0 to 4, 55 places
    Ofsted, 18 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Richmond Pre-school CIC - Pre-school, Benfleet SS7 5HA, ages 2 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 10 May 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Runnymede Pre-School - Day nursery, Benfleet SS7 1TF, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted report card, 20 January 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Sandcastles Nursery - Day nursery, Benfleet SS7 2QL, ages 0 to 4, 99 places
    Ofsted, 18 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Enchanted Wood Day Nursery - Day nursery, Benfleet SS7 2TD, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 7 August 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Thundersley Congregational Church - Pre-school, Benfleet SS7 3AL, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 2 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tree Tots Pre-school - Pre-school, Benfleet SS7 5RG, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 26 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Woodside's Little Me Pre-School - Pre-school, Benfleet SS7 4PH, ages 2 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted, 25 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • First Class Learning - Out-of-school club, Benfleet SS7 1TW
  • Kip McGrath - Out-of-school club, Benfleet SS7 2BT
  • Premier - Benfleet Hub - Out-of-school club, Benfleet SS7 3HT, 18 places
  • YMCA Essex @ South Benfleet Primary School - Out-of-school club, Benfleet SS7 5HA, 12 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 Benfleet

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