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Nurseries in Maldon

There are 15 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Maldon, and 6 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Maldon

  • Ofsted report cards: 2 settings (3 Strong standard, 8 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 11 settings (3 Outstanding, 8 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Daisy Chain Nursery - Day nursery, Maldon CM9 5DA, ages 0 to 4, 90 places
    Ofsted report card, 15 September 2026: Expected standard in 5 areas, Needs attention in 1 area; safeguarding standards met
  • Just Imagine Day Nursery - Maldon - Day nursery, Maldon CM9 6HY, ages 2 to 11, 32 places
    Ofsted, 16 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Limebrook Nursery - Day nursery, Maldon CM9 6NE, 12 places
  • Little Rascals Day Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, maldon CM9 4SY, ages 0 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 17 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Maldon Community Preschool - Day nursery, Maldon CM9 5DN, ages 2 to 5, 30 places
    Ofsted, 28 June 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Maldon Court Nursery - Day nursery, Maldon CM9 4QE, ages 1 to 2, 16 places
    Ofsted, 13 October 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Step Start Nurseries Heybridge - Day nursery, Maldon CM9 4NW, ages 1 to 3, 80 places
    Ofsted, 26 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Friary Pre-School - Day nursery, Maldon CM9 5FX, ages 2 to 4, 16 places
    Ofsted, 19 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Treehouse Club - Day nursery, Maldon CM9 8NH, ages 0 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 13 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tollesbury Preschool - Pre-school, Maldon CM9 8RA, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 4 July 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tolleshunt D'Arcy Pre-school - Pre-school, Maldon CM9 8UB, ages 2 to 4, 22 places
    Ofsted, 20 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tolleshunt Knights Cooperative Playgroup - Pre-school, Maldon CM9 8EU, ages 2 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 30 April 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Viking Adventurers Limited - Day nursery, Maldon CM9 6JN, ages 2 to 4, 41 places
    Ofsted, 17 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Woodham Mortimer Preschool - Pre-school, Maldon CM9 6GP, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted report card, 23 September 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Woodham Walter Community Nursery - Pre-school, Maldon CM9 6RF, 16 places

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Junior Adventures Group @ Tolleshunt D'Arcy CM9 - Out-of-school club, Maldon CM9 8UB, 30 places
  • LSC at Heybridge Primary - Out-of-school club, Maldon CM9 4TU
  • LSC at Maldon Primary - Out-of-school club, Maldon CM9 5DQ
  • LSC at St Francis Primary - Out-of-school club, Maldon CM9 6HN
  • LSC at Wentworth Primary - Out-of-school club, Maldon CM9 6JN
  • Pro-Tuition Maldon - Out-of-school club, Maldon CM9 6SH

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 Maldon

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