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Nurseries in Bicester

There are 18 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Bicester, and 15 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Bicester

  • Ofsted report cards: 2 settings (2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 15 settings (3 Outstanding, 12 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Bambooh Bicester - Day nursery, Bicester OX26 4YJ, ages 0 to 4, 43 places
    Ofsted, 15 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bubbles Pre-School - Day nursery, Bicester OX26 3UU, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 19 July 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees at Bicester Kingsmere - Day nursery, Bicester OX26 1EG, ages 0 to 4, 110 places
    Ofsted, 20 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bicester - Day nursery, Bicester OX26 3HA, ages 0 to 4, 139 places
    Ofsted, 17 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chesterton Playgroup - Pre-school, Bicester OX26 1UN, ages 2 to 4, 21 places
    Ofsted, 1 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Child First Bicester - Day nursery, Bicester OX26 6PY, ages 0 to 4, 138 places
    Ofsted report card, 12 May 2026: Expected standard in 1 area, Needs attention in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Courtyard Preschool - Day nursery, Bicester OX26 6DJ, ages 2 to 4, 22 places
    Ofsted, 18 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cygnets Pre-school - Pre-school, Bicester OX26 6SX, ages 2 to 4, 16 places
    Ofsted, 16 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Fundamentals Childcare Limited - Day nursery, Bicester OX26 4TP, ages 0 to 4
    Ofsted, 13 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Impact Montessori Nursery - Pre-school, Bicester OX26 6AU, 35 places
  • Jack And Jill Preschool - Pre-school, Bicester OX26 2NR, ages 2 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 21 June 2021: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Acorns Pre-School Kingsmere - Pre-school, Bicester OX26 1EG, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 8 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Marsh Gibbon Preschool - Day nursery, Bicester OX27 0HG, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 4 March 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sparkling Minds Pre-School and Day Nursery - Day nursery, Bicester OX25 3QE, ages 1 to 4, 58 places
    Ofsted, 16 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Steeple Aston Pre-School - Day nursery, Bicester OX25 4SF, ages 2 to 4, 25 places
    Ofsted, 9 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Old Station Nursery, Heyford Park - Day nursery, Bicester OX25 5BS, ages 0 to 4, 64 places
    Ofsted report card, 4 June 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Tiddlywinks Pre-School - Day nursery, Bicester OX25 2RD, ages 1 to 4, 48 places
    Ofsted, 4 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Toad Hall Day Nursery (Bicester) Ltd - Day nursery, Bicester OX26 4EL, ages 0 to 4, 111 places
    Ofsted, 9 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Bicester Kumon Centre - Out-of-school club, Bicester OX26 6FA
  • Elite Camps Bicester - Out-of-school club, Bicester OX26 2NS
  • Five Acres Primary School @S4A Group LTD - Out-of-school club, Bicester OX25 2SN, 50 places
  • Glory Farm School @ S4A Group - Out-of-school club, Bicester OX26 4YJ, 80 places
  • Heyford Park Kumon Centre - Out-of-school club, Bicester OX25 5HD
  • High Flyers Oxford Limited - Out-of-school club, Bicester OX27 8BD, 20 places
  • High Flyers St Mary's Bicester - Out-of-school club, Bicester OX26 2NX, 20 places
  • Kidz Zone Club - Fritwell - Out-of-school club, Bicester OX27 7PX, 15 places
  • Kidz Zone Club - Langford Village Primary Sch - Out-of-school club, Bicester OX26 6SX, 25 places
  • Kidz Zone Club - St Edburgs - Out-of-school club, Bicester OX26 1EU, 40 places
  • Kidz Zone Club - St Edburgs Primary - Out-of-school club, Bicester OX26 1BF
  • S4A @ Chesterton C Of E School - Out-of-school club, Bicester OX26 1UN, 50 places
  • S4A Group Ltd @ Heyford Park - Out-of-school club, Bicester OX25 5HD, 45 places
  • S4A Group Ltd@Marsh Gibbon Church Of England School - Out-of-school club, Bicester OX27 0HJ, 50 places
  • Stagecoach Performing Arts School, Bicester - Out-of-school club, Bicester OX26 2DB

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 Bicester

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