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Nurseries in Hereford

There are 36 nurseries and pre-schools on the Care Inspectorate Wales and Ofsted registers in Hereford, and 5 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Hereford

  • Ofsted report cards: 5 settings (6 Strong standard, 24 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 26 settings (4 Outstanding, 22 Good)
  • Care Inspectorate Wales ratings: 1 setting (4 Good)

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

Childminders and home childcarers

  • 3 registered childminders in Hereford (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

  • All Star at St Pauls - Pre-school, Hereford HR1 1UX, 50 places
  • Beech House Nursery School Limited - Day nursery, Hereford HR1 1TQ, ages 0 to 4, 116 places
    Ofsted, 26 September 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bizzie Lizzie's - Day nursery, Hereford HR3 6NJ, ages 0 to 2, 31 places
    Ofsted report card, 17 November 2025: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Bizzie Lizzies Pre-School - Day nursery, Hereford HR3 6NS, ages 4 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 13 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Broadlands Bright Sparks Playgroup - Day nursery, Hereford HR1 1NZ, ages 1 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 12 July 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees Nursery and Creche - Day nursery, Hereford HR4 9SP, ages 0 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted report card, 12 December 2025: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Busy Bees Nursery and Pre-school - Day nursery, Hereford HR3 5HA, ages 0 to 4, 49 places
    Ofsted, 27 March 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cabin Childcare Ltd - Day nursery, Hereford HR2 8HL, ages 0 to 10, 30 places
    Ofsted, 16 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chill Den - Pre-school, Hereford HR4 8ST, 23 places
  • Clyro Pre School - Day nursery, Hereford HR3 5LE, 30 places
  • Credenhill Nursery Ltd - Pre-school, Hereford HR4 7DW, ages 2 to 4, 18 places
    Ofsted, 5 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cut and Paste Childcare - Pre-school, Hereford HR2 6HQ, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 30 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Dilwyn Playgroup - Day nursery, Hereford HR4 8JS, ages 2 to 4, 13 places
    Ofsted, 9 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Down On The Farm - Pre-school, Hereford HR2 8ED, ages 0 to 4, 17 places
    Ofsted, 19 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Ewyas Harold Preschool - Pre-school, Hereford HR2 0EY, ages 2 to 4, 16 places
    Ofsted, 10 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Highmore Hedgehogs Nursery - Day nursery, Hereford HR4 9PG, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 9 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Holmer Preschool and Afterschool Club - Day nursery, Hereford HR4 9RX, 95 places
  • Hunderton Neighbourhood Nursery & Kids Club - Day nursery, Hereford HR2 7JF, ages 0 to 5, 67 places
    Ofsted, 19 April 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • K.E.S Childcare - Day nursery, Hereford HR2 9HJ, ages 2 to 13, 40 places
    Ofsted, 13 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Lake View Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, Hereford HR2 6JT, ages 1 to 4, 59 places
    Ofsted report card, 5 March 2026: Strong standard in 5 areas, Expected standard in 1 area; safeguarding standards met
  • Little Acorns Day Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, Hereford HR2 9EY, ages 0 to 4, 48 places
    Ofsted report card, 14 January 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Little Nestlings - Day nursery, Hereford HR4 9AR, ages 0 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 29 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Stars Pre-School - Day nursery, Hereford HR3 5BT, 39 places
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Good in 4 themes
  • Lollipops Nursery & Creche - Day nursery, Hereford HR4 9LJ, ages 0 to 4, 86 places
    Ofsted, 6 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Madley Pre-School - Pre-school, Hereford HR2 9PH, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 16 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Marden Pre-school - Day nursery, Hereford HR1 3EW, ages 0 to 9, 80 places
    Ofsted, 20 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Merry Go Round @ Green Croft - Day nursery, Hereford HR2 7NT, ages 1 to 4, 63 places
    Ofsted, 25 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Merry-Go-Round @ Riverside - Day nursery, Hereford HR2 7JF, ages 0 to 3, 70 places
    Ofsted, 22 August 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Staunton-on-Wye Preschool and Kids Club - Pre-school, Hereford HR4 7LT, ages 0 to 11, 30 places
    Ofsted, 19 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St Paul's Childcare CIO - Day nursery, Hereford HR1 1RT, ages 2 to 4, 74 places
    Ofsted, 26 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Gateway Nursery - Day nursery, Hereford HR1 4GA, ages 0 to 4, 115 places
    Ofsted, 17 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Wye Nursery - Day nursery, Hereford HR2 7RG, ages 0 to 4, 38 places
    Ofsted, 1 December 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Trinity Treetots Nursery - Day nursery, Hereford HR4 0NU, ages 2 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted, 7 July 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Whitecross Day Nursery - Day nursery, Hereford HR4 0DH, ages 0 to 4, 86 places
    Ofsted, 28 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Wildhearts Outdoor - Pre-school, Hereford HR1 3AL, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted report card, 2 July 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Wyeside Day Nursery and Out of School Care Ltd - Day nursery, Hereford HR1 2RY, ages 0 to 4, 66 places
    Ofsted, 20 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • All Stars at Holmer - Out-of-school club, Hereford HR4 9RX, 100 places
  • Kings Camps - Out-of-school club, Hereford HR1 2NG
  • Paces SFX After School Club - Out-of-school club, Hereford HR1 1DT
  • Simply Out of School Riverside Primary - Out-of-school club, Hereford HR2 7JF, 30 places
  • St James Primary Breakfast and Afterschool Club - Out-of-school club, Hereford HR1 2QN, 40 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

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 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)

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 Hereford

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