Nurseries in City of London
There are 7 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in City of London council area.
Inspection grades in City of London
- Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (7 Strong standard, 11 Expected standard)
- Ofsted grades before November 2025: 4 settings (4 Good)
Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.
Childminders and home childcarers
- 2 registered home childcarers in City of London (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
- Barbican Playgroup - Pre-school, London EC2Y 8AX, ages 2 to 4, 20 placesOfsted report card, 8 December 2025: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
- Childcare at The Aldgate School - Day nursery, London EC3A 5DE, ages 1 to 3, 16 placesOfsted, 27 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- City Child Nursery - Day nursery, London EC2Y 8AH, ages 0 to 4, 56 placesOfsted report card, 11 August 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
- Hatching Dragons City - Day nursery, London EC2Y 8AA, ages 0 to 4, 60 placesOfsted, 18 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Newpark Childcare Centre - Day nursery, London EC2Y 8DU, ages 0 to 4, 26 placesOfsted report card, 4 February 2026: Strong standard in 5 areas, Expected standard in 1 area; safeguarding standards met
- Smithfield House Children's Nursery - Day nursery, London EC1A 9HY, ages 0 to 4, 100 placesOfsted, 16 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- The Children's Centre Goldman Sachs - Day nursery, London EC4A 4AU, ages 1 to 3, 72 placesOfsted, 21 March 2022: 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)
Towns in City of London
Schools in City of London
Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.