Nurseries in Southam
There are 10 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Southam, and 3 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.
Inspection grades in Southam
- Ofsted report cards: 1 setting (4 Needs attention, 2 Urgent improvement)
- Ofsted grades before November 2025: 9 settings (3 Outstanding, 6 Good)
Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.
Nurseries and pre-schools
- Abacus Pre-School Nursery Limited - Pre-school, Southam CV47 2XU, ages 2 to 4, 18 placesOfsted, 13 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Southam - Day nursery, Southam CV47 1PL, ages 0 to 4, 48 placesOfsted report card, 22 June 2026: Needs attention in 4 areas, Urgent improvement in 2 areas; safeguarding standards met
- Beechwood Childcare Limited - Day nursery, Southam CV47 1EE, ages 2 to 10, 62 placesOfsted, 16 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Beechwood Childcare Limited, Southam - Day nursery, Southam CV47 0EP, ages 0 to 2, 16 placesOfsted, 12 May 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
- Bizzy Tots Day Nursery - Day nursery, Southam CV47 9PN, ages 0 to 4, 88 placesOfsted, 21 April 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
- Bright Horizons Southam Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Southam CV47 0LY, ages 0 to 4, 76 placesOfsted, 24 November 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
- Happy Days Nursery Southam - Day nursery, Southam CV47 2PT, ages 0 to 4, 90 placesOfsted, 15 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Long Itchington Pre-School And Out School Club - Day nursery, Southam CV47 9QP, ages 2 to 10, 65 placesOfsted, 21 January 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Southam Primary Pre School LTD - Day nursery, Southam CV47 0QB, ages 2 to 4, 26 placesOfsted, 16 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- The Grange Pre-School - Pre-school, Southam CV47 0LY, ages 2 to 4, 24 placesOfsted, 21 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Out-of-school clubs and other childcare
- Onside Coaching Southam - Out-of-school club, Southam CV47 0JW
- Sunny Days Group - Out-of-school club, Southam CV47 0QB, 70 places
- The Dassett Care Club - Out-of-school club, Southam CV47 2XU, 23 places
Nursery groups with settings here
- Beechwood Childcare Limited (2 here)
- Ashbourne Day Nurseries Limited (1 here)
- Bizzy Tots Day Nursery Limited (1 here)
- Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited (1 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 Southam
- Schools in Southam
- Bishops Itchington Primary School - Primary
- Long Itchington CofE Academy - Primary
- Southam Primary School - Primary
- Southam St James CofE Academy - Primary
- St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School - Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam - Primary
- Stockton Primary School - Primary
- Temple Herdewyke Primary School - Primary
- The Dassett CofE Primary School - Primary
- The Priors School - Primary
Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.