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Nurseries in Didcot

There are 12 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Didcot, and 6 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Didcot

  • Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (18 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 8 settings (8 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Bright Horizons Didcot Day Nursery And Pre School - Day nursery, Didcot OX11 6GR, ages 0 to 4, 128 places
    Ofsted report card, 11 August 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Butterflies Pre-School Didcot - Day nursery, Didcot OX11 7BZ, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 1 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • GetActive@StephenFreeman - Day nursery, Didcot OX11 7BZ, 20 places
  • Hadden Hill Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Didcot OX11 9BJ, ages 0 to 5, 58 places
    Ofsted, 15 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hagbourne Pre-School - Pre-school, Didcot OX11 9LR, ages 2 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted, 27 February 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Harwell Day Nursery - Day nursery, Didcot OX11 0QQ, ages 1 to 4, 92 places
    Ofsted, 27 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kids Planet West Hagbourne - Day nursery, Didcot OX11 0NA, ages 0 to 4, 78 places
    Ofsted, 16 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Ladybirds@Meadow View - Day nursery, Didcot OX11 6DW, ages 1 to 4, 54 places
    Ofsted report card, 19 March 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Ladygrove Day Nursery And Nursery School - Day nursery, Didcot OX11 7XT, ages 0 to 4, 102 places
    Ofsted, 16 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Pippins Pre-School - Pre-school, Didcot OX11 0HP, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 21 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Stars - Day nursery, Didcot OX11 0QX, ages 0 to 4, 112 places
    Ofsted report card, 11 August 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • South Moreton Preschool - Day nursery, Didcot OX11 9AG, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 22 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Didcot Kumon Centre - Out-of-school club, Didcot OX11 7LE
  • Elite Camps Didcot - Out-of-school club, Didcot OX11 7AJ
  • Getactive@gemsdidcotprimaryacademy - Out-of-school club, Didcot OX11 6DP, 100 places
  • Getactive@SiresHill - Out-of-school club, Didcot OX11 9GY, 20 places
  • Junior Adventurs Group @ Didcot Railway Centre - Out-of-school club, Didcot OX11 7NJ, 60 places
  • Stagecoach Abingdon - Out-of-school club, Didcot OX11 6FF

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 Didcot

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