Find out the top nurseries in the UK – 2025

Top 20 daynurseries.co.uk awards

Looking for the right nursery for your child isn’t easy. You need to see if it is in the right location, within your budget and whether it offers the type of early years environment you would like for your child.

daynurseries.co.uk has over 14,000 nurseries listed on its site giving information on its fees, opening hours and the kind of childcare on offer. In addition it has nearly 220,000 reviews giving parents a valuable insight into the quality of the childcare.

There is a whole host of different nurseries out there. They range from Montessori nurseries to ones that follow the Reggio Emilia approach. A growing number of early years settings now run Forest School sessions. There are even settings that fully immerse children in the outdoors.

This extensive choice of early years education can be daunting and overwhelming. This is why daynurseries.co.uk runs the Top 20 Nursery Awards. These can help make it easier for parents and carers to find a childcare setting that is right for them.

Top 20 awards are based on reviews

The Top 20 awards are based on the reviews received by the nursery. These are rated on a number of important elements including care, food, facilities, staff, safeguarding, management and value for money.

Amanda Hopkins, reviews manager of daynurseries.co.uk, said: “The vision and ethos of a nursery group shape the environment of its nurseries. They also and influence a child’s social, emotional and physical development.

Our awards are valuable recognition from parents and carers that these nurseries are giving their children an excellent standard of care and a nurturing environment. A good early years education can really help boost a child’s development and hopefully create in them a lifelong love of learning.

“We want to thank everyone who has left a review. It is so important that parents are given a voice and are able to give other parents vital guidance in choosing a high quality nursery for their child.“

The Top 20 awards are based on over 70,000 reviews received between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2025 from parents, relatives and guardians of children who attend these early years settings.

You can find out the best-rated nurseries in the UK by looking at our list of award winners for 2025.

Pictured above is one of our award winners. Credit: Young Sussex Nursery.