Real Ofsted data, 31 Dec 2025 to 30 Jun 2026: six months of change across 152 local authorities in England.
What you are looking at
- Ofsted publishes its register of childcare providers twice a year. We compare the two latest files, 31 Dec 2025 and 30 Jun 2026, and list what changed.
- Settings run by childminders and other individuals are counted, never named. Company owners whose name may identify a person are counted, not named, too.
- When a setting leaves the register, the data does not say why: it may have closed, been suspended, re-registered or changed type.
The product: what a seller acts on
Nine real changes from the 30 Jun 2026 file, picked for variety. Each shows the owner as registered with Ofsted.
- NewURN 2886739
Blossom Bay Nursery
Blossom Bay Nursery Ltd
Barking and Dagenham · RM8
Why it matters: A new independent nursery with its own company. It is likely choosing software, insurer and suppliers in its first months.
- NewURN 2881340
Premier Education & St Thomas CE Academy
Fit4Schools (Midlands) Ltd
Birmingham · B15
Why it matters: One of six new settings registered to this owner in the period. A growing operator is a group-level conversation.
- NewURN 2889265
East Harptree Nursery
East Harptree Nursery CIO
Bath and North East Somerset · BS40
Why it matters: A new charity-run nursery. Charities buy insurance, training and software like any other setting.
- PlacesURN 2781951
Fruity Club: Holy Ghost
Fruity Club Ltd
Wandsworth · SW12
Why it matters: Registered places 16 to 250 (+234). A big jump means more staff, more food and more kit.
- PlacesURN EY462648
Hamd House Nursery - Bordesley Green
Hamd House School Ltd
Birmingham · B9
Why it matters: Registered places 160 to 420 (+260). Expansion often means hiring and outgrowing the current system.
- PlacesURN EY458877
Achievers Day Nursery Ltd
Achievers Day Nursery Ltd
Plymouth · PL3
Why it matters: Registered places 0 to 140 (+140). Possibly a setting starting or restarting operation.
- LeftURN 2529366
Mytham Road Out Of School Club
Kids Planet Day Nurseries Limited
Bolton · BL3
Left the register (reason not in the data). Question to check: is this account still active for your team, or should the lead be updated?
- LeftURN EY253975
Bright Horizons New Southgate Day Nursery and Preschool
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited
Barnet · N11
Left the register (reason not in the data). Question to check: did the setting close, move or re-register, and does that change who you should call?
- Left + new26 and 27 settings
Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School
The Midcounties Co-Operative Limited, then Places For Children (PFP) Limited
Birmingham, Oxfordshire, Wolverhampton and more
Left the register (reason not in the data). 26 settings left under the first owner and 27 appeared under the second, 25 of them at the same postcode. Question to check: a change of operator?
What one row of the CSV looks like
- urn
- 2781951
- change_type
- PLACES_CHANGE
- provider_name
- Fruity Club: Holy Ghost
- old_value
- 16
- new_value
- 250
- delta
- 234
- local_authority
- Wandsworth
- postcode
- SW12 (district shown here)
- provider_type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- owner
- Fruity Club Ltd
Change summary (9,076 changes)
Everything that changed between the 31 Dec 2025 and 30 Jun 2026 files.
- 3,571new settings
- 3,193left the register (reason not in the data)
- 1,997places changes
- 194setting name changes
- 93registered owner renamed (same legal entity, not a sale)
- 28spelling corrections to owner or setting names
5,593 of these changes are at settings run by childminders or other individuals and 788 at company owners whose name may identify a person: both are counted, not named.
How it arrives today
No logins to learn. You get a file.
Public sources
Ofsted's register of childcare providers, published twice a year, and Companies House company data.
Compare and match
We compare the two latest Ofsted files, find new, departed and resized settings, and match company owners to Companies House.
A CSV for your team
One CSV of every change, ready to import, each time Ofsted publishes a new file.
- Weekly updates Planned
- Email digest Planned
- API and CRM push Planned
- Owner-group linkage: all sites of one company Planned
Who it is for, and why it pays
Firms that sell into nurseries
Nursery software, insurers and brokers, food and resource suppliers, recruiters and trainers: by our estimate roughly 300 to 800 UK firms. Ofsted's 30 Jun 2026 file lists 27,990 active settings on non-domestic premises.
One win pays for a year
A new nursery picks its software, insurer and suppliers in its first months. One nursery software customer is worth about £950 to £2,400 a year at published list prices, so one extra win covers the subscription many times over.
Price
Change file
£49–99 /month
The CSV of new, departed and resized settings with the owner company. Early access: first month free, then pay or walk.
Change file plus groups Planned
£150–250 /month
Adds owner-group linkage and CRM or API push once they are built. Early-access teams help decide what comes first.
Today the source is updated twice a year, so the file is updated twice a year. Registered owner renames are the same legal entity under a new name, not sales, so we do not headline them.