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Nurseries in Oswestry

There are 16 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted and Care Inspectorate Wales registers in Oswestry, and 1 other childcare setting such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Oswestry

  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 12 settings (2 Outstanding, 10 Good)
  • Care Inspectorate Wales ratings: 1 setting (4 Excellent)

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

Childminders and home childcarers

  • 1 registered childminder in Oswestry (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

  • Cylch Meithrin Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant - Day nursery, Oswestry SY10 0LG, 16 places
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Excellent in 4 themes
  • Explorers Childcare Ltd - Day nursery, Oswestry SY10 9DY, ages 2 to 11, 20 places
    Ofsted, 5 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Footsteps Nursery - Day nursery, Oswestry SY11 4QB, ages 0 to 5, 62 places
    Ofsted, 8 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Holy Trinity Church of England Academy Ladybirds - Pre-school, Oswestry SY11 2LF, 9 places
  • Kidszone Nursery - Day nursery, Oswestry SY11 2LQ, ages 0 to 9, 70 places
    Ofsted, 24 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Acorns @ Our Lady & St Oswalds - Pre-school, Oswestry SY11 2TG, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 5 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Morda Pre School - Pre-school, Oswestry SY10 9NR, ages 2 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 14 July 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Moreton Hall Nursery - Day nursery, Oswestry SY11 3EW, 52 places
  • Newbridge Day Nursery - Day nursery, Oswestry SY10 8BB, ages 0 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted, 19 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Oswestry Methodist Church Pre-School - Pre-school, Oswestry SY11 1JZ, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 6 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Oswestry School Prepcare Nursery - Day nursery, Oswestry SY11 2ST, ages 0 to 4, 75 places
    Ofsted, 9 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Oswestry Superstars - Pre-school, Oswestry SY11 4QB
  • Pant Pandas Childcare Centre - Day nursery, Oswestry SY10 9QR, ages 2 to 11, 48 places
    Ofsted, 20 April 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Park Hall Forest School - Day nursery, Oswestry SY11 4AS, ages 2 to 7, 30 places
    Ofsted, 31 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Peter Pan Nursery Gobowen - Day nursery, Oswestry SY10 7AG, ages 0 to 4, 76 places
    Ofsted, 25 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Whittington Under Fives - Day nursery, Oswestry SY11 4DA, ages 2 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted, 8 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Cool Kidz - Out-of-school club, Oswestry SY10 7SR, 24 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

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

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)

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)

Council area

Schools in Oswestry

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