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Nurseries in Newmarket

There are 15 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Newmarket, and 5 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Newmarket

  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 14 settings (4 Outstanding, 10 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • A1 Fun Club - Day nursery, Newmarket CB8 0HY, ages 1 to 10, 45 places
    Ofsted, 4 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • A1 Fun Club @ Paddocks - Day nursery, Newmarket CB8 0DL, 14 places
  • All Saints Under Fives Pre-School - Pre-school, Newmarket CB8 8JE, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 16 February 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Burrough Green Playgroup - Day nursery, Newmarket CB8 9NH, ages 2 to 3, 19 places
    Ofsted, 28 September 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Clip Clop Day Nursery - Day nursery, Newmarket CB8 8QE, ages 0 to 7, 43 places
    Ofsted, 12 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Colourbox Montessori School, Newmarket - Day nursery, Newmarket CB8 0EB, ages 0 to 4, 83 places
    Ofsted, 7 August 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Ditton Lodge Nursery - Pre-school, Newmarket CB8 8BL, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 30 June 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Fairstead House Nursery - Day nursery, Newmarket CB8 7AA, ages 0 to 1, 21 places
    Ofsted, 18 July 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • First Class Preschool - Pre-school, Newmarket CB8 0PU, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 16 April 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Happy Days Childcare - Day nursery, Newmarket CB8 9YD, ages 0 to 9, 62 places
    Ofsted, 29 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Buds Pre-School - Pre-school, Newmarket CB8 7RX, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 20 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Moulton Pre School - Pre-school, Newmarket CB8 8SP, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 6 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Red Robins Day Nursery - Day nursery, Newmarket CB8 7EA, ages 0 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 27 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stepping Stones Pre-School - Day nursery, Newmarket CB8 7EW, ages 2 to 4, 55 places
    Ofsted, 13 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Old School House Day Nursery - Day nursery, Newmarket CB8 9TH, ages 0 to 4, 106 places
    Ofsted, 5 May 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Laureate Academy Wrap Around Club - Out-of-school club, Newmarket CB8 0AN, 19 places
  • Newmarket Mega Activity Camps Prestige Sports - Out-of-school club, Newmarket CB8 9TS
  • Premier Wraparound Care at Laureate Community Primary - Out-of-school club, Newmarket CB8 0AN, 25 places
  • Premier Wraparound Care at St Louis Catholic Academy - Out-of-school club, Newmarket CB8 7AA, 20 places
  • Stagecoach Performing Arts Newmarket - Out-of-school club, Newmarket CB8 8BL

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 Newmarket

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