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Nurseries in Exmouth

There are 8 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Exmouth, and 8 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Exmouth

  • Ofsted report cards: 1 setting (6 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 6 settings (6 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • ABC Day Nursery - Day nursery, Exmouth EX8 3DX, ages 0 to 63, 50 places
    Ofsted, 13 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Happy Days Nursery - Pre-school, Exmouth EX8 3AF, 28 places
  • Little Bells Pre-school and Nursery - Day nursery, Exmouth EX8 3AE, ages 1 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted report card, 21 July 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Lympstone Preschool - Day nursery, Exmouth EX8 5HP, ages 2 to 11, 39 places
    Ofsted, 24 June 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Ottertots Day Care Nursery - Day nursery, Exmouth EX8 5DX, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 24 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Pound Lane Daycare - Day nursery, Exmouth EX8 4NP, ages 0 to 7, 58 places
    Ofsted, 27 August 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Raddenstile Childcare Ltd T/a The Dolphin Pre School and Nursery - Day nursery, Exmouth EX8 2JH, ages 0 to 4, 75 places
    Ofsted, 29 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sunshine Pre-school Exmouth Ltd - Day nursery, Exmouth EX8 2LE, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 20 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Exmouth Forest School - Out-of-school club, Exmouth EX9 7FA
  • FISH Brixington - Out-of-school club, Exmouth EX8 4JQ, 32 places
  • Fish Exmouth - Out-of-school club, Exmouth EX8 3BA, 50 places
  • Primary Sports & Education Limited - Out-of-school club, Exmouth EX8 2SR
  • Primary Sports & Education Limited - Out-of-school club, Exmouth EX8 1TA
  • Red Rock Outdoor Limited - Out-of-school club, Exmouth EX8 5DA
  • Sporty Stars - St Peters - Out-of-school club, Exmouth EX8 5AU, 60 places
  • The Big Step - Out-of-school club, Exmouth EX8 3AF

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 Exmouth

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