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Bhavna PMother of Child

June 2026

Absolutely love this nursery. The staff are amazing. They really care about their development and safety. They communicate very well with parents. The facilities and activities are well thogjht of according to...

S CSister of Child

June 2026

Carisbrooke Day Nursery is an outstanding place for children to learn, grow, and have fun! The staff are warm, caring, and genuinely attentive to each child's needs creating a safe and nurturing environment The nursery...

Beverley WGrandmother of Child

June 2026

Lovely homely nursery, happy children always smiling, great staff, kept informed. Both grandchildren come here.

Dil LAunt of Child

June 2026

I am pleased with the service they are providing. I appreciate the staffs effort to keep our babies safe and sound. I like the way staffs respond to us. They are very polite and sensible. The environment is clean for...

M RGuardian of Child

May 2026

I highly recommend busy bees nursery in Croydon the nursery staff and manager Latoya work so hard everyday to organise an educational day for all children I have witness first hand how my son started at 2 years old and...

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Our annual Nursery Awards recognises 20 of the top rated day nurseries in each region of the UK based on reviews parents / individuals responsible for a child.

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The Nursery Review Score shows the average review performance of day nurseries in that area, and also the performance of each nursery. Our proprietary score runs from 1 to 10 and is calculated using review quality, quantity, and recency.

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England

13,885 Nurseries

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East Midlands

1,044 Nurseries

9.4

Derbyshire

200 Nurseries

9.2

Leicestershire

240 Nurseries

9.2

Lincolnshire

173 Nurseries

9.1

Northamptonshire

184 Nurseries

9.3

Nottinghamshire

237 Nurseries

Rutland

10 Nurseries

9.2

East of England

1,464 Nurseries

9.2

Bedfordshire

156 Nurseries

9.3

Cambridgeshire

234 Nurseries

9.1

Essex

442 Nurseries

9.2

Hertfordshire

315 Nurseries

9.3

Norfolk

171 Nurseries

9.0

Suffolk

146 Nurseries

9.1

London

2,632 Nurseries

8.7

Barking & Dagenham Borough

50 Nurseries

9.2

Barnet Borough

116 Nurseries

9.3

Bexley Borough

59 Nurseries

8.9

Brent Borough

93 Nurseries

9.2

Bromley Borough

97 Nurseries

9.2

Camden Borough

75 Nurseries

7.0

City of London Borough

7 Nurseries

9.1

Croydon Borough

132 Nurseries

9.1

Ealing Borough

117 Nurseries

9.4

Enfield Borough

80 Nurseries

9.2

Greenwich Borough

97 Nurseries

9.0

Hackney Borough

85 Nurseries

9.0

Hammersmith & Fulham Borough

64 Nurseries

9.2

Haringey Borough

80 Nurseries

9.3

Harrow Borough

84 Nurseries

9.1

Havering Borough

87 Nurseries

8.9

Hillingdon Borough

82 Nurseries

9.4

Hounslow Borough

64 Nurseries

8.9

Islington Borough

68 Nurseries

8.7

Kensington & Chelsea Borough

50 Nurseries

9.4

Kingston upon Thames Borough

41 Nurseries

8.8

Lambeth Borough

98 Nurseries

8.8

Lewisham Borough

109 Nurseries

9.2

Merton Borough

73 Nurseries

9.0

Newham Borough

78 Nurseries

9.2

Redbridge Borough

90 Nurseries

9.2

Richmond Borough

81 Nurseries

9.1

Southwark Borough

88 Nurseries

9.3

Sutton Borough

51 Nurseries

9.1

Tower Hamlets Borough

60 Nurseries

9.1

Waltham Forest Borough

84 Nurseries

9.1

Wandsworth Borough

138 Nurseries

9.0

Westminster Borough

54 Nurseries

9.2

North East England

488 Nurseries

9.3

Cleveland & Teesside

103 Nurseries

8.8

Durham

108 Nurseries

9.6

Northumberland

71 Nurseries

9.3

Tyne & Wear

206 Nurseries

9.2

North West England

1,778 Nurseries

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Cheshire

270 Nurseries

8.5

Cumbria

104 Nurseries

9.2

Greater Manchester

672 Nurseries

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Lancashire

418 Nurseries

9.2

Merseyside

314 Nurseries

9.1

South East England

2,548 Nurseries

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Berkshire

246 Nurseries

9.3

Buckinghamshire

255 Nurseries

9.2

East Sussex

231 Nurseries

9.1

Hampshire

509 Nurseries

8.9

Isle of Wight

35 Nurseries

9.0

Kent

457 Nurseries

9.0

Oxfordshire

177 Nurseries

9.2

Surrey

400 Nurseries

9.1

West Sussex

238 Nurseries

9.1

South West England

1,342 Nurseries

9.2

Bath & North East Somerset

53 Nurseries

9.2

Bristol

97 Nurseries

9.4

Cornwall

123 Nurseries

9.2

Devon

248 Nurseries

9.2

Dorset

175 Nurseries

8.7

Gloucestershire

180 Nurseries

Isles of Scilly

1 Nurseries

9.1

North Somerset

52 Nurseries

9.0

Somerset

132 Nurseries

9.3

South Gloucestershire

82 Nurseries

9.1

Wiltshire

199 Nurseries

9.3

West Midlands

1,429 Nurseries

9.3

Herefordshire

49 Nurseries

8.6

Shropshire

122 Nurseries

9.4

Staffordshire

270 Nurseries

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Warwickshire

166 Nurseries

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West Midlands

645 Nurseries

9.3

Worcestershire

177 Nurseries

9.2

Yorkshire & The Humber

1,160 Nurseries

8.8

East Riding of Yorkshire

125 Nurseries

8.6

North East Lincolnshire

24 Nurseries

8.0

North Lincolnshire

38 Nurseries

9.3

North Yorkshire

205 Nurseries

9.0

South Yorkshire

243 Nurseries

9.3

West Yorkshire

525 Nurseries

9.1

Scotland

712 Nurseries

9.4

Aberdeenshire

71 Nurseries

8.7

Angus

36 Nurseries

Argyll & Bute

11 Nurseries

8.6

Ayrshire

40 Nurseries

9.1

City of Edinburgh

89 Nurseries

7.5

Clackmannanshire

5 Nurseries

9.8

Dumfries & Galloway

17 Nurseries

9.1

Dunbartonshire

28 Nurseries

9.5

East Lothian

16 Nurseries

9.4

Falkirk

12 Nurseries

8.6

Fife

31 Nurseries

9.0

Glasgow City

80 Nurseries

Highland

18 Nurseries

9.8

Inverclyde

10 Nurseries

9.1

Lanarkshire

95 Nurseries

9.1

Midlothian

14 Nurseries

8.1

Moray

8 Nurseries

Orkney

1 Nurseries

8.1

Perth & Kinross

21 Nurseries

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Renfrewshire

49 Nurseries

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Scottish Borders

18 Nurseries

9.3

Stirling

19 Nurseries

9.0

West Lothian

22 Nurseries

Western Isles (Eilean Siar)

1 Nurseries

9.5

Wales

388 Nurseries

Blaenau Gwent

6 Nurseries

9.3

Bridgend

18 Nurseries

9.3

Caerphilly

17 Nurseries

9.7

Cardiff

55 Nurseries

9.9

Carmarthenshire

23 Nurseries

Ceredigion

6 Nurseries

9.9

Conwy

16 Nurseries

9.8

Denbighshire

18 Nurseries

9.0

Flintshire

22 Nurseries

Gwynedd

6 Nurseries

9.9

Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Mon)

4 Nurseries

9.7

Merthyr Tydfil

6 Nurseries

9.1

Monmouthshire

14 Nurseries

9.2

Neath - Port Talbot

15 Nurseries

9.6

Newport

23 Nurseries

Pembrokeshire

15 Nurseries

9.6

Powys

14 Nurseries

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Rhondda, Cynon, Taff

28 Nurseries

9.2

Swansea

26 Nurseries

Torfaen

16 Nurseries

9.5

Vale of Glamorgan

18 Nurseries

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Wrexham

22 Nurseries

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Northern Ireland

222 Nurseries

9.6

County Antrim

66 Nurseries

9.3

County Armagh

17 Nurseries

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County Down

104 Nurseries

County Fermanagh

4 Nurseries

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County Londonderry

20 Nurseries

County Tyrone

11 Nurseries

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Channel Islands

22 Nurseries

9.4

Guernsey

10 Nurseries

Jersey

12 Nurseries

8.0

Isle of Man

14 Nurseries

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