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Nurseries in Wantage

There are 10 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Wantage, and 9 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Wantage

  • Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (3 Strong standard, 12 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 3 settings (3 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • AA Tennis - Pre-school, Wantage OX12 8DW
  • Bramleys Day Nursery And Nursery School - Day nursery, Wantage OX12 8TP, ages 0 to 4, 102 places
    Ofsted, 6 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Camel Pre-School - Day nursery, Wantage OX12 9HL, ages 2 to 7, 30 places
    Ofsted, 21 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Grovelands Park Pre-School - Pre-school, Wantage OX12 7LB, 25 places
  • Rockwell House Day Nursery And Nursery School - Day nursery, Wantage OX12 8AZ, ages 0 to 4, 128 places
    Ofsted report card, 24 February 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Stagecoach Wantage - Pre-school, Wantage OX12 7GQ
  • The Ark Pre-School Wantage - Day nursery, Wantage OX12 8BL, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 5 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Montessori House Ltd - Day nursery, Wantage OX12 8PN, ages 0 to 4, 42 places
    Ofsted report card, 16 February 2026: Expected standard in 3 areas, Needs attention in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • The Wantage Nursery & Preschool - Day nursery, Wantage OX12 8BL, ages 0 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted report card, 16 June 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Your Co-Op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School Kingsgrove - Day nursery, Wantage OX12 7LP, 105 places

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Charlton Breakfast & Afterschool Club - Out-of-school club, Wantage OX12 7HG, 50 places
  • Elite Camps Wantage - Out-of-school club, Wantage OX12 8DJ
  • Elite Childcare Grove - Out-of-school club, Wantage OX12 7PW
  • King Alfred's Academy Sports Camp - Out-of-school club, Wantage OX12 9DU
  • Serious4Sport Ltd - Out-of-school club, Wantage OX12 0GR, 20 places
  • TA Sport Stars Camp Charlton - Out-of-school club, Wantage OX12 7HG
  • TA Sport Stars Camp Millbrook - Out-of-school club, Wantage OX12 7LB
  • TA Sport Stars Wantage Primary Academy - Out-of-school club, Wantage OX12 7GQ
  • Wantage Leisure Centre Holiday Playscheme - Out-of-school club, Wantage OX12 9BY

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 Wantage

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