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Nurseries in North East Lincolnshire

There are 39 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in North East Lincolnshire council area, and 9 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in North East Lincolnshire

  • Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (12 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 32 settings (5 Outstanding, 27 Good)

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

Childminders and home childcarers

  • 59 registered childminders in North East Lincolnshire (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)
  • 1 registered home childcarer in North East Lincolnshire (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)
  • 1 childcare setting in a private home in North East Lincolnshire (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)

Childminders look after children in their own homes. We show how many are registered, not who they are.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Broadway Children's Centre Daycare - Day nursery, Grimsby DN34 5RS, ages 1 to 5, 47 places
    Ofsted, 17 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Butterflies Day Nursery - Day nursery, Grimsby DN33 1AN, ages 1 to 8, 68 places
    Ofsted, 19 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Campden Kids Limited - Day nursery, Cleethorpes DN35 7UL, ages 0 to 4, 59 places
    Ofsted, 14 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cleethorpes Childrens Centre - Reynolds - Day nursery, Cleethorpes DN35 7LJ, ages 0 to 4, 58 places
    Ofsted, 23 August 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Explorosity Education - Day nursery, Grimsby DN37 0BS, ages 0 to 5, 75 places
    Ofsted, 6 July 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • First Steps Nursery - Day nursery, Grimsby DN32 7QN, ages 2 to 4, 52 places
    Ofsted, 5 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • First Steps with Surestart - Day nursery, Grimsby DN32 7QB, ages 0 to 3, 21 places
    Ofsted, 8 October 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • FLAG - Pre-school, Grimsby DN32 7LT
  • Freeston Tots - Pre-school, Cleethorpes DN35 7LY, ages 2 to 4, 16 places
    Ofsted, 17 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Grant Thorold Forest School - Day nursery, Grimsby DN32 8BX, ages 2 to 4, 52 places
    Ofsted, 10 June 2021: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Havelock Day Nursery - Day nursery, Grimsby DN33 2BA, ages 0 to 8, 55 places
    Ofsted, 21 August 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Healing Village Nursery & Out of School Club - Day nursery, Healing DN41 7LY, ages 2 to 11, 30 places
    Ofsted, 13 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Humberston Country Club Pre-School - Day nursery, Grimsby DN36 4SX, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 10 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Humberston Pre-School - Day nursery, Grimsby DN36 4HZ, ages 2 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 15 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Immingham Day Care - Day nursery, Immingham DN40 1LD, ages 0 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 31 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Immingham Day Nursery - Day nursery, Immingham DN40 1AA, ages 0 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted, 4 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Judy Clark Childcare - Day nursery, Grimsby DN31 2ES, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 7 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Leap Ahead @ Nunsthorpe - Day nursery, Grimsby DN33 1RJ, ages 2 to 5, 33 places
    Ofsted, 10 February 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Lisle Marsden Childcare Ltd - Day nursery, Grimsby DN32 0DF, ages 2 to 10, 104 places
    Ofsted report card, 9 December 2025: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Little Blossoms Day Nursery - Day nursery, Grimsby DN34 5BH, ages 0 to 4, 68 places
    Ofsted, 9 August 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Oaks Day Nursery - Day nursery, Grimsby DN31 1UJ, ages 0 to 4
    Ofsted, 21 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Stars Day Nursery - Day nursery, Grimsby DN34 5BQ, ages 0 to 4, 77 places
    Ofsted, 20 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Twinkles Childcare - Day nursery, Grimsby DN34 5BW, ages 0 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 3 February 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Mini Explorers Childcare - Day nursery, Grimsby DN32 9HL, ages 0 to 6, 50 places
    Ofsted report card, 1 June 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • MSP Clubs @ Wybers Wood Academy - Pre-school, Grimsby DN37 9QZ
  • Nunny's Little Farmers Nursery - Day nursery, Grimsby DN33 1HE, ages 2 to 4, 48 places
    Ofsted, 25 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Precious Times - Day nursery, Grimsby DN34 5QN, ages 2 to 11, 30 places
    Ofsted, 28 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Precious Times Childcare Services Riverside - Day nursery, Grimsby DN34 4HD, ages 0 to 10, 54 places
    Ofsted, 25 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Queensway Children's Centre Daycare - Day nursery, Grimsby DN37 9AT, ages 0 to 4, 42 places
    Ofsted, 29 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Ready Teddy Go Signhills - Pre-school, Cleethorpes DN35 0DN, 34 places
  • Springfield Lodge Montessori Day Nursery - Day nursery, Grimsby DN33 3LE, ages 0 to 4, 77 places
    Ofsted, 5 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St. Christopher's Pre School - Pre-school, Grimsby DN32 9HR, ages 2 to 4, 16 places
    Ofsted, 13 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St Margaret's Pre-School - Pre-school, Grimsby DN37 7DB, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 30 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St Peter's Childrens Centre - Day nursery, Cleethorpes DN35 8LW, ages 0 to 4, 65 places
    Ofsted, 29 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Avenue Preschool - Pre-school, Cleethorpes DN35 8QB, ages 2 to 4, 48 places
    Ofsted, 18 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Children's House - Day nursery, Grimsby DN41 8AJ, ages 0 to 5, 121 places
    Ofsted, 5 July 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Trin Centre - Day nursery, Cleethorpes DN35 8UN
  • Waltham Leas Pre-School - Day nursery, Grimsby DN37 0NU, ages 0 to 11, 193 places
    Ofsted report card, 6 January 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Wendover Pre-School - Pre-school, Grimsby DN36 4HX, ages 2 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 28 February 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • CTO Sports at Grimsby Institute - Out-of-school club, Grimsby DN34 5BQ
  • Football Fun Factory - Grimsby - Out-of-school club, Grimsby DN34 5AH
  • Premier Education WAC @ Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe - Out-of-school club, Grimsby DN33 1AW, 18 places
  • Premier Education WAC @ Scartho Gateway Academy - Out-of-school club, Grimsby DN33 3EP, 18 places
  • Premier Education WAC @ Waltham Gateway Academy - Out-of-school club, Grimsby DN37 0UG, 18 places
  • Stagecoach Grimsby - Out-of-school club, Grimsby DN34 5AH
  • Wybers Wood Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Grimsby DN37 9QZ, 45 places
  • YMCA Humber MUGA - Out-of-school club, Grimsby DN32 7DH, 20 places
  • YMCA Humber Wraparound - Out-of-school club, Grimsby DN32 7AB, 30 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)

Towns in North East Lincolnshire

Schools in North East Lincolnshire

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