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Nurseries in St. Neots

There are 13 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in St. Neots, and 4 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in St. Neots

  • Ofsted report cards: 2 settings (1 Strong standard, 11 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 10 settings (3 Outstanding, 7 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Bluebell Day Care Ltd - Day nursery, St. Neots PE19 6TL, ages 0 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted, 25 September 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Buckden Day Nursery - Day nursery, St. Neots PE19 5SS, ages 0 to 4, 82 places
    Ofsted, 21 August 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Buckden Preschool Playgroup - Pre-school, St. Neots PE19 5UY, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 23 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • CamPlay Saturday Club - St Neots - Pre-school, St. Neots PE19 2EY
  • Cracker Jacks Day Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, St. Neots PE19 8TR, ages 0 to 10, 68 places
    Ofsted, 26 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cracker Jacks Pre-School - Day nursery, St. Neots PE19 6SL, ages 1 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted report card, 13 February 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Eaton Socon Pre-School - Pre-school, St Neots PE19 8DN, ages 2 to 4, 100 places
    Ofsted, 27 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kindred St Neots Nursery and Pre-School - Day nursery, St. Neots PE19 8GT, ages 0 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 19 October 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Paxton Pre School - Day nursery, St. Neots PE19 6NG, ages 2 to 4, 25 places
    Ofsted, 11 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Montagu Square Day Nursery - Day nursery, St. Neots PE19 2TL, ages 0 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted, 9 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Offord Day Nursery & Skoolz Out - Day nursery, St. Neots PE19 5SB, ages 1 to 5, 28 places
    Ofsted report card, 24 April 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • The Old Station Nursery Preschool St Neots - Day nursery, St. Neots PE19 1DZ, ages 2 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 7 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Old Station Nursery St Neots - Day nursery, St. Neots PE19 1LQ, ages 0 to 3, 47 places
    Ofsted, 30 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • CamPlay Holiday Club - St Neots - Out-of-school club, St. Neots PE19 2DX
  • Junior Adventures Group @ Priory Park Infants - Out-of-school club, St. Neots PE19 1DZ, 58 places
  • St Neots Tuition - Out-of-school club, St. Neots PE19 7BA
  • Tree Tops OSC by Kids R Us - Out-of-school club, St. Neots PE19 6NG, 26 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)

Council area

Schools in St. Neots

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