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Nurseries in Dunstable

There are 10 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Dunstable, and 16 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Dunstable

  • Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (12 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 5 settings (5 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • AJJ'S Nurseries T/A Bizzie Bees - Day nursery, Dunstable LU6 3QF, ages 0 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted, 19 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cleverkidz - Day nursery, Dunstable LU5 5JB, ages 0 to 4, 122 places
    Ofsted report card, 15 April 2026: Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Diamond Days Nursery - Day nursery, Dunstable LU6 1LN, ages 0 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted report card, 9 July 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Downside Pre-School - Pre-school, Dunstable LU5 4AS, ages 2 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 19 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Harlington Village Pre-School - Pre-school, Dunstable LU5 6PD, ages 2 to 9, 31 places
    Ofsted report card, 15 September 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Linden House Nursery - Day nursery, Dunstable LU6 1SE, ages 1 to 3, 36 places
    Ofsted, 5 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Steps at St Georges School - Day nursery, Dunstable LU5 4HR, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 27 January 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Priory Parkside Pre-school - Pre-school, Dunstable LU5 5PY, ages 2 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 16 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Red Bird Tutoring - Pre-school, Dunstable LU6 1EW
  • Toddington Childcare and Forest School - Day nursery, Dunstable LU5 6AJ, 63 places

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Creative Sports Coaching at Beecroft Academy - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU6 1DW, 20 places
  • Dunstable Kumon Centre - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU6 1LA
  • Dunstable Learning Centre - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU6 1SU
  • Dunstable Training & Tuition - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU6 3SN
  • Fun Fest Dunstable - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU5 4QP, 86 places
  • Fun Fest Harlington - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU5 6PD, 96 places
  • Kidz Zone Club - Dunstable Icknield - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU6 3AG, 15 places
  • Kidz Zone Club - Houghton Regis Primary - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU5 5DH, 15 places
  • Kidz Zone Club - Lime Tree Academy - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU5 5QN, 6 places
  • Kidz Zone Club - St Augustines Academy - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU5 4AS, 6 places
  • Kidz Zone Club - Studham - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU6 2QD, 20 places
  • Kidz Zone Club - Thornill Primary School - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU5 5PE, 20 places
  • Kidz Zone Club - Totternoe - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU6 1RE, 15 places
  • Premier Care TSG - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU5 6AJ, 20 places
  • Topkidz@Kensworth - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU6 3RH, 10 places
  • TreeHouse Bellows - Out-of-school club, Dunstable LU6 1QZ, 15 places

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 Dunstable

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