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Nurseries in Lichfield

There are 15 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Lichfield, and 9 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Lichfield

  • Ofsted report cards: 2 settings (2 Strong standard, 7 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 12 settings (3 Outstanding, 9 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Boley Park Pre-School - Pre-school, Lichfield WS14 9XU, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 7 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Horizons Springfields Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Lichfield WS13 7BJ, ages 0 to 4, 119 places
    Ofsted report card, 10 August 2026: Expected standard in 3 areas, Needs attention in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Busy Bees at Lichfield - Day nursery, Lichfield WS14 9BJ, ages 0 to 4, 110 places
    Ofsted, 8 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Catkins Nursery - Day nursery, Lichfield WS13 7PH, ages 2 to 5, 24 places
    Ofsted, 26 May 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Footsteps Nursery Hawthorn - Day nursery, Lichfield WS13 8JL, ages 0 to 4, 91 places
    Ofsted, 4 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hey Diddle Diddle Pre School Nursery - Pre-school, Lichfield WS13 8DA, ages 2 to 5, 35 places
    Ofsted, 11 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Humpties@StMichael's - Day nursery, Lichfield WS14 9AW, ages 3 to 11, 130 places
    Ofsted, 13 September 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Humpty Dumpty Day Nursery and Pre-School -Lichfield - Day nursery, Lichfield WS13 6HB, ages 0 to 4, 210 places
    Ofsted, 7 February 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Jack and Jill's Pre-School - Pre-school, Lichfield WS13 6RQ, ages 2 to 4, 21 places
    Ofsted, 2 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • JC Academy Club4Kidz - Pre-school, Lichfield WS13 6RQ
  • Rainbows Nursery - Day nursery, Lichfield WS14 0LT, ages 3 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 30 January 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sheepwash Farm Day Nursery - Day nursery, Lichfield WS14 9JN, ages 0 to 4, 100 places
    Ofsted, 14 September 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Little Ripley Day Nursery - Day nursery, Lichfield WS14 0PA, ages 1 to 4, 78 places
    Ofsted report card, 20 May 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • The Old School House Day Nursery, Whittington - Day nursery, Lichfield WS14 9PX, ages 0 to 4, 89 places
    Ofsted, 21 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Whittington Pre-School - Day nursery, Lichfield WS14 9PY, ages 0 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted, 27 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • JC Camp Streethay - Out-of-school club, Lichfield WS13 8FT
  • Jozone Kids Club Limited (Chadsmead) - Out-of-school club, Lichfield WS13 7HJ, 60 places
  • Progressive Sports @ Anna Seward - Out-of-school club, Lichfield WS14 0AL, 20 places
  • Progressive Sports @ Scotch Orchard - Out-of-school club, Lichfield WS13 6DE
  • Ready Steady Go Wrap Around Care - Out-of-school club, Lichfield WS13 8NL, 40 places
  • Scotch Orchard Badgers - Out-of-school club, Lichfield WS13 6DE, 24 places
  • Stagecoach Lichfield - Out-of-school club, Lichfield WS13 7NB
  • St Joseph's Badgers - Out-of-school club, Lichfield WS14 9AN, 48 places
  • Wrens Nest - Out-of-school club, Lichfield WS14 0LT, 32 places

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 Lichfield

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