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Nurseries in Cowbridge

There are 10 nurseries and pre-schools on the Care Inspectorate Wales register in Cowbridge, and 3 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Cowbridge

  • Care Inspectorate Wales ratings: 10 settings (7 Excellent, 26 Good, 7 Adequate)

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

Childminders and home childcarers

  • 1 registered childminder in Cowbridge (Care Inspectorate Wales, as at 31 October 2026)

Childminders look after children in their own homes. We show how many are registered, not who they are.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Bijou Day Nursery and Creche - Day nursery, Cowbridge CF71 7AB, 71 places
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Good in 3 themes, Adequate in 1 theme
  • Colwinston Childcare - Pre-school, Cowbridge CF71 7NL, 20 places
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Good in 3 themes, Adequate in 1 theme
  • Cylch Meithrin Y Bont Faen - Day nursery, Cowbridge CF71 7DA, 30 places
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Excellent in 3 themes, Good in 1 theme
  • Fun Foundations Day Nursery - Day nursery, Cowbridge CF71 7DF, 81 places
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Good in 1 theme, Adequate in 3 themes
  • Llansannor Child Care - Pre-school, Cowbridge CF71 7SZ, 28 places
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Good in 4 themes
  • Pendoylan Childcare - Pre-school, Cowbridge CF71 7UJ, 30 places
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Good in 4 themes
  • St Aubin Nursery Cowbridge - Day nursery, Cowbridge CF71 7AH, 141 places
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Excellent in 2 themes, Good in 2 themes
  • Vale Play Limited - Day nursery, Cowbridge CF71 7LT, 23 places
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Excellent in 1 theme, Good in 3 themes
  • Wick and District Playgroup - Pre-school, Cowbridge CF71 7QE, 28 places
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Good in 3 themes, Adequate in 1 theme
  • Y Bont Faen Child Care - Pre-school, Cowbridge CF71 7BN, 47 places
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Excellent in 1 theme, Good in 2 themes, Adequate in 1 theme

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Simply Out of School Colwinston - Out-of-school club, Cowbridge CF71 7NL, 48 places
  • Simply Out of School Cowbridge - Out-of-school club, Cowbridge CF71 7BN, 40 places
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Good in 3 themes, Adequate in 1 theme
  • Simply Out of School Cowbridge School - Out-of-school club, Cowbridge CF71 7EN, 48 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Care Inspectorate Wales ratings

Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) rates childcare settings on four themes: well-being, care and development, environment, and leadership and management. Each theme is rated Excellent, Good, Adequate, Poor.

There is no overall rating: read the four themes together.

Source: Care Inspectorate Wales

Funded childcare hours in Wales

Parents of 3 and 4 year olds can apply for up to 30 hours a week of government funded nursery education and childcare (the Childcare Offer for Wales): at least 10 hours of nursery education and up to 20 hours of childcare, for up to 48 weeks of the year. Nursery education hours are applied for separately, through your council.

Flying Start funds 12.5 hours a week of childcare for 2 year olds. It is being made available across Wales starting with the most disadvantaged areas.

Source: GOV.WALES: Get up to 30 hours of childcare for 3 and 4 year olds · GOV.WALES: Get help from Flying Start (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Cowbridge

Sources: Care Inspectorate Wales, registers as at 31 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.