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Nurseries in Harlow

There are 37 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Harlow, and 13 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Harlow

  • Ofsted report cards: 2 settings (2 Strong standard, 10 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 33 settings (5 Outstanding, 28 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Harlow CM18 7NS, ages 0 to 11, 124 places
    Ofsted, 3 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Banana Moon Day Nursery Harlow - Day nursery, Harlow CM20 2QH, ages 0 to 5, 60 places
    Ofsted, 17 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Blossoms Community Nursery - Day nursery, Harlow CM17 9AQ, ages 0 to 53, 50 places
    Ofsted report card, 26 February 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Blossoms Community Pre-School - Day nursery, Harlow CM17 0GJ, 39 places
  • Bluebell Forest School - Pre-school, Harlow CM17 0QS, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 26 April 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harlow - Day nursery, Harlow CM19 5QE, ages 0 to 4, 105 places
    Ofsted, 24 August 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Buzzee Beez Pre-school Ltd - Pre-school, Harlow CM19 4EU, ages 2 to 4, 53 places
    Ofsted, 23 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Church Langley Pre-School - Pre-school, Harlow CM17 9TH, ages 3 to 4, 58 places
    Ofsted, 21 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Fidgety Feet - Day nursery, Harlow CM17 0QB, ages 1 to 6, 26 places
    Ofsted, 25 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Holy Cross Pre-School - Pre-school, Harlow CM18 6JJ, ages 2 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 10 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Home from Home Childcarers - Day nursery, Harlow CM17 0AT, ages 3 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 25 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Home From Home Childcarers - Day nursery, Harlow CM17 0AT, ages 0 to 11, 51 places
    Ofsted, 31 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Home from Home Childcarers - Latton Bush - Day nursery, Harlow CM18 7BL, 63 places
  • Jack and Jill's Nursery - Day nursery, Harlow CM20 3NU, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 18 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Jack And Jills Nursery - Day nursery, Harlow CM17 9LX, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 2 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kiddi Caru Nursery - Day nursery, Harlow CM17 9LW, ages 0 to 4, 103 places
    Ofsted, 14 September 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kidz OK Ltd - Pre-school, Harlow CM20 1PU, ages 2 to 4, 48 places
    Ofsted, 31 March 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kindred Harlow - Day nursery, Harlow CM20 3DT, ages 0 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 12 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Langley Rangers Activity Club & Noah's Ark Pre-School - Pre-school, Harlow CM17 9TG, ages 2 to 11, 35 places
    Ofsted, 9 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Lattons Nursery Limited - Day nursery, Harlow CM18 7HT, ages 1 to 4, 51 places
    Ofsted, 9 August 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Newhall Nursery - Day nursery, Harlow CM17 9ST, ages 1 to 2, 16 places
    Ofsted, 8 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Nurture Pre-School at Abbotsweld - Day nursery, Harlow CM18 6TE, ages 2 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted, 28 June 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Peter Pan Pre-School - Pre-school, Harlow CM18 6LU, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 21 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rainbow Day Nursery (Harlow) Ltd - Day nursery, Harlow CM20 1QX, ages 0 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 9 February 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Raindrops Day Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, Harlow CM19 4DL, ages 0 to 4, 64 places
    Ofsted, 27 October 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rocking Horse Nursery - Day nursery, Harlow CM17 0NJ, ages 1 to 3, 47 places
    Ofsted, 16 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Roydon Pre-School C.I.C - Pre-school, Harlow CM19 5HH, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 30 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Schoolgate Nursery - Pre-school, Harlow CM17 9EU, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 22 March 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Smiles Montessori Newhall - Day nursery, Harlow CM17 9LU, ages 0 to 3, 100 places
    Ofsted, 9 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Smiles Montessori Pre-School (Bushfair) Limited - Day nursery, Harlow CM18 6LY, ages 0 to 4, 72 places
    Ofsted, 17 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Spinney Pre-School - Pre-school, Harlow CM20 3BW, ages 2 to 3, 24 places
    Ofsted, 15 February 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sunflower Coppice - Pre-school, Harlow CM18 6SL, ages 2 to 3, 24 places
    Ofsted, 4 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sunflower Day Nursery - Day nursery, Harlow CM19 5RD, ages 0 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted, 11 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sunflower Maunds - Pre-school, Harlow CM18 7RG, ages 2 to 3, 24 places
    Ofsted, 11 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sunflower Sherards - Pre-school, Harlow CM18 7PS, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 10 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Nursery Rooms - Day nursery, Harlow CM18 7NF, ages 0 to 4, 76 places
    Ofsted, 10 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • VIP Preschool Limited - Day nursery, Harlow CM18 6HP, ages 1 to 4, 55 places
    Ofsted report card, 23 July 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Barracudas - Out-of-school club, Harlow CM17 0NJ, 50 places
  • Chillout Kids Club - Out-of-school club, Harlow CM18 6TD, 45 places
  • Home from Home Kids Club - Out-of-school club, Harlow CM17 0DA, 40 places
  • Panda childcare - Out-of-school club, Harlow CM18 6PN, 30 places
  • Pemberley SSS Provision - Out-of-school club, Harlow CM20 1NW
  • Premier Wraparound Care at Henry Moore Primary School - Out-of-school club, Harlow CM17 9LW, 25 places
  • Rainbow Children's Corner - Out-of-school club, Harlow CM17 9EU, 30 places
  • Rainbow Children's Corner - Out-of-school club, Harlow CM18 7BL, 26 places
  • Rosedan Breakfast and Afterschool Club - Out-of-school club, Harlow CM18 7NP, 23 places
  • Roydon Acorns After School Club - Out-of-school club, Harlow CM19 5HN, 17 places
  • The Hangout Afterschoolclub LTD - Out-of-school club, Harlow CM18 6HP, 40 places
  • Time For Change Kids Harlow - Out-of-school club, Harlow CM20 2NS, 50 places
  • Wrap around club - Out-of-school club, Harlow CM18 7RQ

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 Harlow

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