Best nurseries in Hackney
119 Ofsted-registered nurseries and pre-schools, best Ofsted result first: the latest report card or overall grade, then the most recent inspection. Childminders are not listed (Ofsted does not publish their addresses).
119
nurseries and pre-schools
14
Outstanding or mostly strong
5,783
registered places
| # | Nursery | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beavers Playgroup Sessional day care · 20 places · N1 5SE | Outstanding (2025) |
| 2 | N Family Club Full day care · 79 places · N16 0EP | Outstanding (2025) |
| 3 | Mapledene Childrens Centre Full day care · 60 places · E8 3LE | Outstanding (2024) |
| 4 | German Kindergarten London Fields Full day care · 18 places · E8 3EY | Outstanding (2024) |
| 5 | Little Londoners Day Nursery Full day care · 20 places · N16 7ED | Outstanding (2024) |
| 6 | Tam's House Full day care · 18 places · N16 0AJ | Outstanding (2024) |
| 7 | Linden Children and Family Hub Nursery Full day care · 83 places · N16 7SH | Outstanding (2024) |
| 8 | Ann Tayler Children and Family Hub Nursery Full day care · 78 places · E8 3RP | Outstanding (2023) |
| 9 | Ihsan Nursery Full day care · 70 places · N16 6AA | Outstanding (2023) |
| 10 | N Family Club Church Street Full day care · 81 places · N16 0JX | Outstanding (2023) |
| 11 | N16 Tots Full day care · 34 places · N16 0EF | Outstanding (2022) |
| 12 | Happy Nest Day Nursery Full day care · 39 places · E2 8LR | Outstanding (2022) |
| 13 | Independent Place Nursery Children-First.Info Full day care · 49 places · E8 2HD | Outstanding (2021) |
| 14 | Pembury Community Nursery Full day care · 69 places · E5 8LU | Outstanding (2021) |
| 15 | Rainbow Nursery Full day care · 47 places · N16 8SP | Report card: 4 strong, 1 expected (Dec 2025) |
| 16 | Minik Kardes Childrens Centre and Community Nursery Full day care · 44 places · N1 4BW | Report card: 2 strong, 3 expected (Jan 2026) |
| 17 | Hackney Care For Kids Full day care · 38 places · N16 7PR | Good (2025) |
| 18 | Lubavitch Children's Centre Full day care · 38 places · N16 5RL | Good (2025) |
| 19 | Rosemary Works East Full day care · 60 places · E5 8BQ | Good (2025) |
| 20 | Little Gems Nursery (Upper Clapton Road) Sessional day care · 41 places · E5 9BB | Good (2025) |
| 21 | Mole on the Hill Playgroup Sessional day care · 16 places · N16 6RZ | Good (2025) |
| 22 | Halo Nursery Full day care · 28 places · E8 4HU | Good (2025) |
| 23 | East Wick Kids Full day care · 82 places · E20 3AS | Good (2025) |
| 24 | William Patten Daycare Full day care · 24 places · N16 0NX | Good (2025) |
| 25 | Side By Side Creche Sessional day care · 9 places · N16 0QJ | Good (2025) |
| 26 | Round Chapel Families Project (Nursery) Full day care · 23 places · E5 0PU | Good (2025) |
| 27 | Twinkle Stars Day Nursery Full day care · 35 places · N4 2LX | Good (2025) |
| 28 | Eeeny House Nursery Full day care · 49 places · N16 5RL | Good (2025) |
| 29 | Rosemary Works EYC Ltd Full day care · 102 places · N1 5PH | Good (2025) |
| 30 | Wetherell Nursery Full day care · 70 places · E9 7BW | Good (2025) |
| 31 | Bloomers Day Nursery Full day care · 80 places · E9 6JA | Good (2025) |
| 32 | Yesodey Hatorah Primary Girls School Full day care · 24 places · N16 5LG | Good (2024) |
| 33 | Lubavitch Nursery Sessional day care · 100 places · N16 5RP | Good (2024) |
| 34 | Beis Chinuch Lebonos Nursery Full day care · 100 places · N4 2SH | Good (2024) |
| 35 | N Family Club Hackney Downs Full day care · 96 places · N16 7QS | Good (2024) |
| 36 | Mini Bees Childcare Full day care · 135 places · E8 3SD | Good (2024) |
| 37 | Fernbank Childrens Centre Full day care · 68 places · N16 7EA | Good (2024) |
| 38 | Burma Court Playgroup Full day care · 16 places · N16 9BG | Good (2024) |
| 39 | Pembury Pre-School Full day care · 42 places · E8 1FA | Good (2024) |
| 40 | Chatter Bees Day Nursery Full day care · 27 places · E8 2RE | Good (2024) |
| 41 | Minihome Ltd Full day care · 60 places · N16 8SD | Good (2024) |
| 42 | Little Stars Nursery Full day care · 25 places · N16 8RZ | Good (2024) |
| 43 | Kids Zone Full day care · 46 places · E5 9AB | Good (2024) |
| 44 | Hill Top Daycare Nursery Ltd (Roof Top Nursery) Full day care · 42 places · E5 8PX | Good (2024) |
| 45 | Sandbrook Community Playgroup Full day care · 22 places · N16 0SL | Good (2024) |
| 46 | New City Nursery Group (Hackney) Full day care · 131 places · N1 6HQ | Good (2024) |
| 47 | Yesodey Hatorah Nursery Full day care · 203 places · N16 5AE | Good (2024) |
| 48 | Alpha Nurseries Full day care · 57 places · E9 6QH | Good (2024) |
| 49 | Lilliput Preschool Sessional day care · 24 places · N4 2NP | Good (2024) |
| 50 | Coconut Nursery Full day care · 49 places · N16 0UH | Good (2024) |
| 51 | Little Buds Day Nursery Full day care · 22 places · E5 8DJ | Good (2023) |
| 52 | The Hackney Day Nursery and Pre-School Full day care · 56 places · E8 3RN | Good (2023) |
| 53 | Bright Kids Hackney Ltd Full day care · 94 places · E9 5TD | Good (2023) |
| 54 | Woodberry Down Children and Family Hub Nursery Full day care · 46 places · N4 2NP | Good (2023) |
| 55 | Nordic Star Nurseries Full day care · 100 places · N1 7SL | Good (2023) |
| 56 | Little Gems Nursery Full day care · 80 places · N16 6XL | Good (2023) |
| 57 | Little Angels' Schoolhouse Full day care · 65 places · N1 7QG | Good (2023) |
| 58 | Sunrise Day Nursery Full day care · 25 places · N16 6PA | Good (2023) |
| 59 | The Ark Day Care Nursery Full day care · 21 places · E5 9DX | Good (2023) |
| 60 | Forest Grove Hackney Sessional day care · 30 places · E5 0AR | Good (2023) |
| 61 | Gainsborough Pre School Full day care · 20 places · E9 5ND | Good (2023) |
| 62 | London Mulberry Nursery And Preschool Full day care · 60 places · E5 8BS | Good (2023) |
| 63 | Bright Futures Nursery Full day care · 32 places · N16 5DU | Good (2023) |
| 64 | Totally Kids Sessional day care · 20 places · N16 5JR | Good (2023) |
| 65 | St Michael's Nurseries Ltd Full day care · 60 places · E5 0NH | Good (2022) |
| 66 | Comberton Children's Centre Nursery Full day care · 69 places · E5 9PU | Good (2022) |
| 67 | Talmud Torah London Full day care · 40 places · E5 9DH | Good (2022) |
| 68 | Holy Trinity C Of E Primary Preschool Full day care · 25 places · E8 3DY | Good (2022) |
| 69 | Tiddley Tots Nursery Full day care · 56 places · N16 0EF | Good (2022) |
| 70 | Academic Day Nursery Full day care · 55 places · N16 9BW | Good (2022) |
| 71 | Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Stoke Newington Full day care · 49 places · N16 7NY | Good (2022) |
| 72 | Angels On The Park Full day care · 72 places · E9 7QL | Good (2022) |
| 73 | N16 Tots And Playgroup Full day care · 50 places · N16 0AS | Good (2022) |
| 74 | Clapton Park Childrens' Centre Nursery Full day care · 68 places · E5 0EP | Good (2022) |
| 75 | Docklands Day Nursery Warwick Grove Full day care · 61 places · E5 9JB | Good (2022) |
| 76 | N Family Club Full day care · 60 places · E8 3SJ | Good (2022) |
| 77 | Grasshoppers Nursery Full day care · 20 places · E5 9LL | Good (2022) |
| 78 | Riverside Nursery Full day care · 42 places · E5 9SP | Good (2022) |
| 79 | CMA Nursery Full day care · 75 places · N16 6XB | Good (2022) |
| 80 | Bright Horizons Stoke Newington Day Nursery and Preschool Full day care · 92 places · N16 0LN | Good (2022) |
| 81 | The Bath House Children's Community Centre Full day care · 77 places · E8 2EY | Good (2022) |
| 82 | LEYF London Fields Nursery & Pre-School Full day care · 72 places · E8 4JS | Good (2021) |
| 83 | Hillside Children's Centre Nursery Full day care · 41 places · N16 5QR | Good (2020) |
| 84 | Yetev Lev D'Satmar Nursery Full day care · 60 places · N16 6HX | Requires improvement (2025) |
| 85 | Happitime Playgroup LTD Sessional day care · 15 places · E5 9RB | Requires improvement (2025) |
| 86 | BELZ Nursery School Full day care · 64 places · E5 9SN | Inadequate (2024) |
| 87 | Beis Malka Full day care · 50 places · N16 6XD | Not yet inspected |
| 88 | Beis Rochel D'Satmar Daycare Full day care · 100 places · N16 6BB | Not yet inspected |
| 89 | Beis Rochel D'Satmar Daycare Full day care · 24 places · N16 5DL | Not yet inspected |
| 90 | Beis Trana Daycare Full day care · 30 places · E5 9DH | Not yet inspected |
| 91 | Bright Colours Nursery Full day care · 18 places · N16 5DL | Not yet inspected |
| 92 | Britannia Leisure Centre Holiday Playscheme and Creche Full day care · N1 5FT | Not yet inspected |
| 93 | Cherish Childcare Full day care · 50 places · E8 2LJ | Not yet inspected |
| 94 | Clockhouse Childcare Full day care · 102 places · N16 5LG | Not yet inspected |
| 95 | First Day Nursery (Hackney) Full day care · 88 places · E8 4SA | Not yet inspected |
| 96 | FunnCamp at Clapton Girls Full day care · 55 places · E5 0RB | Not yet inspected |
| 97 | Grace Montessori School Sessional day care · 55 places · E8 4PD | Not yet inspected |
| 98 | Greenwood Nursery Hackney Full day care · 40 places · N1 4JX | Not yet inspected |
| 99 | Greenwood Nursery School Full day care · 60 places · N1 4HP | Not yet inspected |
| 100 | Hackney After School Club Full day care · E9 7PX | Not yet inspected |
| 101 | Hackney Holiday Scheme Full day care · 50 places · N16 7AU | Not yet inspected |
| 102 | Hopes And Dreams Montessori Nursery School Worship Street Full day care · 34 places · EC2A 2DU | Not yet inspected |
| 103 | Learning Hive - Hackney Sessional day care · E9 5DA | Not yet inspected |
| 104 | Little Gems Nursery (Homerton) Sessional day care · 36 places · E9 6HA | Not yet inspected |
| 105 | Morningside Preschool Sessional day care · 3 places · E9 6LL | Not yet inspected |
| 106 | Mother Bear Nursery Full day care · 32 places · E5 8QJ | Not yet inspected |
| 107 | New Age After School Club Ltd Full day care · E8 3DY | Not yet inspected |
| 108 | Nursery Of Happy Stories Full day care · 50 places · E9 6LH | Not yet inspected |
| 109 | Oldhill School and Children's Centre Nursery and Out of School Club Full day care · 52 places · N16 6LR | Not yet inspected |
| 110 | OoberKidsRepublic Camps & Clubs Sessional day care · N16 9PD | Not yet inspected |
| 111 | OoberKidsRepublic Camps & Clubs @ William Patten Sessional day care · N16 0NX | Not yet inspected |
| 112 | Sebright Children's Centre Full day care · 64 places · E2 8NP | Not yet inspected |
| 113 | Stagecoach Hackney Sessional day care · E8 3DY | Not yet inspected |
| 114 | Stoke Newington Music School Sessional day care · N16 7PL | Not yet inspected |
| 115 | Stoke Newington Nursery and Pre-school Full day care · 71 places · N16 0JT | Not yet inspected |
| 116 | The Art Imaginarium Sessional day care · E8 3DY | Not yet inspected |
| 117 | The Mentoring Hub Dalston Full day care · N16 8JN | Not yet inspected |
| 118 | The Metapelet Full day care · 20 places · N16 5AR | Not yet inspected |
| 119 | The YH Tots Full day care · 34 places · N16 6UA | Not yet inspected |
How much does nursery cost in Hackney?
Typical weekly nursery prices for a child under two in Inner London, from the Coram Childcare Survey 2026. A guide only: ask each nursery for its own fees.
Part-time, 25 hours a week
£238 a week
without funded hours (England £189)
Full-time, 50 hours a week
£185 a week
after 30 funded hours (England £149)
Working parents in England can get 30 funded hours a week in term time from when their child is 9 months old, so a 25-hour place can cost little or nothing in term time. Every 3 and 4 year old gets at least 15 funded hours. Funded hours cover 38 weeks a year; nurseries can charge for extra hours, meals and activities. Check what you can get at Childcare Choices.
Questions
What are the best nurseries in Hackney?
Of 119 nurseries and pre-schools in Hackney, 14 have Ofsted's top results (Outstanding, or mostly strong or exceptional on the new report card). Listed first: Beavers Playgroup, N Family Club, Mapledene Childrens Centre.
How much does nursery cost in Hackney?
In Inner London, a part-time place (25 hours a week) for a child under two typically costs £238 a week without funded hours (Coram Childcare Survey 2026). Working parents can get 30 funded hours a week in term time from 9 months.
How many nurseries are there in Hackney?
119 Ofsted-registered nurseries and pre-schools, 86 of them inspected so far.
Nurseries nearby
Clapton · Clissold · Dalston · Haggerston · Stamford Hill · Stoke Newington · Cazenove · London Fields · Manor House
Neighbourhoods
Amhurst Road & Pembury Estate · Brownswood · Clapton Leaside · Clissold North · Clissold South · Dalston East · Dalston Kingsland · De Beauvoir · Hackney Central · Hackney Downs · Hackney Marshes · Hackney Wick · Haggerston East · Haggerston West & Kingsland Basin · Homerton North · Homerton South · Hoxton North & West · Hoxton South & East · London Fields & Mare Street · Lower Clapton
Source: Ofsted early years inspections. Ofsted's report card (from November 2025) grades curriculum, achievement, behaviour, children's welfare and leadership as exceptional, strong, expected, needs attention or urgent improvement; earlier inspections gave one overall grade.