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Distance to the nearest independent school with a nursery, km, every council ranked

Measured in a straight line from where people live and averaged, to independent schools with nursery classes. Nurseries that are not part of a school are counted with the nurseries and preschools. Figures for October 2026, published for 296 councils in England. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Joint lowest: Kensington and Chelsea; City of London, 0.5. The council in the middle: Dudley, 4.7. Highest: Isles of Scilly, 95.7.

Distance to the nearest independent school with a nursery, km, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1 jointKensington and ChelseaLondon0.5
1 jointCity of LondonLondon0.5
3 jointCamdenLondon0.6
3 jointWestminsterLondon0.6
5Hammersmith and FulhamLondon0.7
6 jointWandsworthLondon0.8
6 jointHackneyLondon0.8
8Richmond upon ThamesLondon1.0
9 jointBarnetLondon1.1
9 jointCheltenhamSouth West1.1
9 jointIslingtonLondon1.1
12 jointBrentLondon1.2
12 jointElmbridgeSouth East1.2
12 jointHaringeyLondon1.2
15 jointLambethLondon1.3
15 jointReadingSouth East1.3
15 jointSouthwarkLondon1.3
15 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon1.3
19 jointHounslowLondon1.4
19 jointMertonLondon1.4
19 jointSuttonLondon1.4
19 jointRedbridgeLondon1.4
19 jointNorwichEast of England1.4
24 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England1.5
24 jointHarrowLondon1.5
26 jointNewhamLondon1.6
26 jointEalingLondon1.6
26 jointTraffordNorth West1.6
26 jointWorcesterWest Midlands1.6
26 jointWatfordEast of England1.6
26 jointSloughSouth East1.6
32 jointTower HamletsLondon1.7
32 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East1.7
32 jointOxfordSouth East1.7
32 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East1.7
36 jointLewishamLondon1.8
36 jointHertsmereEast of England1.8
36 jointThree RiversEast of England1.8
36 jointWorthingSouth East1.8
40 jointPrestonNorth West1.9
40 jointCambridgeEast of England1.9
40 jointIpswichEast of England1.9
43 jointCoventryWest Midlands2.0
43 jointTandridgeSouth East2.0
43 jointWaverleySouth East2.0
43 jointWokingSouth East2.0
43 jointManchesterNorth West2.0
43 jointSalfordNorth West2.0
49 jointExeterSouth West2.1
49 jointHaveringLondon2.1
49 jointBristolSouth West2.1
49 jointLeicesterEast Midlands2.1
49 jointWokinghamSouth East2.1
54 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East2.2
54 jointWarwickWest Midlands2.2
54 jointWaltham ForestLondon2.2
57 jointGuildfordSouth East2.3
57 jointBracknell ForestSouth East2.3
57 jointSpelthorneSouth East2.3
57 jointAdurSouth East2.3
57 jointCroydonLondon2.3
57 jointGraveshamSouth East2.3
57 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East2.3
57 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East2.3
65 jointFyldeNorth West2.4
65 jointBrentwoodEast of England2.4
65 jointGloucesterSouth West2.4
65 jointStockportNorth West2.4
65 jointBromleyLondon2.4
70 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West2.5
70 jointFarehamSouth East2.5
70 jointHillingdonLondon2.5
70 jointEnfieldLondon2.5
70 jointOldhamNorth West2.5
75 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East2.6
75 jointRunnymedeSouth East2.6
75 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East2.6
75 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands2.6
79 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber2.7
79 jointSurrey HeathSouth East2.7
79 jointMid SussexSouth East2.7
82 jointLincolnEast Midlands2.8
82 jointGreenwichLondon2.8
82 jointNottinghamEast Midlands2.8
85 jointDerbyEast Midlands2.9
85 jointPlymouthSouth West2.9
85 jointBuryNorth West2.9
85 jointPortsmouthSouth East2.9
89 jointChelmsfordEast of England3.0
89 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England3.0
89 jointMilton KeynesSouth East3.0
89 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber3.0
93 jointTest ValleySouth East3.1
93 jointRochdaleNorth West3.1
95 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon3.2
95 jointBedfordEast of England3.2
95 jointBoltonNorth West3.2
98 jointGosportSouth East3.3
98 jointHartSouth East3.3
98 jointSevenoaksSouth East3.3
98 jointDacorumEast of England3.3
98 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber3.3
98 jointThanetSouth East3.3
104 jointWalsallWest Midlands3.4
104 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber3.4
104 jointTamesideNorth West3.4
104 jointBirminghamWest Midlands3.4
104 jointSandwellWest Midlands3.4
109 jointPeterboroughEast of England3.5
109 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands3.5
111 jointColchesterEast of England3.6
111 jointLutonEast of England3.6
111 jointSolihullWest Midlands3.6
114 jointWirralNorth West3.7
114 jointLiverpoolNorth West3.7
114 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands3.7
114 jointEpping ForestEast of England3.7
114 jointHarlowEast of England3.7
119 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands3.8
119 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber3.8
121 jointPendleNorth West3.9
121 jointRushmoorSouth East3.9
123 jointEastbourneSouth East4.0
123 jointHastingsSouth East4.0
123 jointMole ValleySouth East4.0
126 jointDoverSouth East4.1
126 jointTeignbridgeSouth West4.1
126 jointStaffordWest Midlands4.1
129 jointMedwaySouth East4.2
129 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England4.2
129 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber4.2
129 jointSt AlbansEast of England4.2
129 jointThurrockEast of England4.2
134 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East4.3
134 jointGatesheadNorth East4.3
134 jointAshfordSouth East4.3
137BexleyLondon4.4
138 jointRugbyWest Midlands4.5
138 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East4.5
138 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands4.5
141 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands4.6
141 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands4.6
141 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber4.6
144 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber4.7
144 jointErewashEast Midlands4.7
144 jointWest BerkshireSouth East4.7
144 jointMaidstoneSouth East4.7
144 jointDudleyWest Midlands4.7
144 jointSunderlandNorth East4.7
150 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West4.8
150 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West4.8
150 jointTorbaySouth West4.8
150 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England4.8
150 jointCastle PointEast of England4.8
150 jointGedlingEast Midlands4.8
156 jointSouth RibbleNorth West4.9
156 jointWinchesterSouth East4.9
158 jointNew ForestSouth East5.0
158 jointRibble ValleyNorth West5.0
158 jointSheffieldYorkshire and the Humber5.0
158 jointCanterburySouth East5.0
158 jointLichfieldWest Midlands5.0
163 jointSeftonNorth West5.1
163 jointRutlandEast Midlands5.1
163 jointCrawleySouth East5.1
166 jointVale of White HorseSouth East5.3
166 jointEastleighSouth East5.3
166 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands5.3
166 jointStroudSouth West5.3
166 jointWest NorthamptonshireEast Midlands5.3
171WyreNorth West5.4
172 jointKnowsleyNorth West5.6
172 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands5.6
172 jointBurnleyNorth West5.6
172 jointSt. HelensNorth West5.6
172 jointChichesterSouth East5.6
172 jointRochfordEast of England5.6
178 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England5.7
178 jointDartfordSouth East5.7
178 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands5.7
181 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East5.8
181 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West5.8
183 jointBlackpoolNorth West5.9
183 jointWiltshireSouth West5.9
185 jointStevenageEast of England6.0
185 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West6.0
185 jointHorshamSouth East6.0
188Amber ValleyEast Midlands6.1
189 jointMaldonEast of England6.2
189 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber6.2
189 jointSwindonSouth West6.2
192CherwellSouth East6.3
193 jointBasildonEast of England6.4
193 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East6.4
195 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands6.5
195 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands6.5
195 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands6.5
195 jointWealdenSouth East6.5
199South DerbyshireEast Midlands6.6
200 jointBroadlandEast of England6.7
200 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands6.7
202TorridgeSouth West6.8
203 jointHaltonNorth West6.9
203 jointWest SuffolkEast of England6.9
203 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East6.9
206 jointTewkesburySouth West7.0
206 jointBraintreeEast of England7.0
206 jointLewesSouth East7.0
209 jointBassetlawEast Midlands7.1
209 jointWiganNorth West7.1
211 jointBlabyEast Midlands7.2
211 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East7.2
213BroxbourneEast of England7.3
214 jointRotherSouth East7.4
214 jointDorsetSouth West7.4
214 jointEast HampshireSouth East7.4
217South HollandEast Midlands7.5
218HyndburnNorth West7.6
219North TynesideNorth East7.8
220ArunSouth East7.9
221 jointWychavonWest Midlands8.0
221 jointFenlandEast of England8.0
223 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands8.1
223 jointEast DevonSouth West8.1
223 jointSouth TynesideNorth East8.1
226 jointMid SuffolkEast of England8.2
226 jointHerefordshireWest Midlands8.2
226 jointIsle of WightSouth East8.2
226 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands8.2
230Mid DevonSouth West8.3
231 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands8.4
231 jointWarringtonNorth West8.4
231 jointSouthamptonSouth East8.4
231 jointEast SuffolkEast of England8.4
235 jointSomersetSouth West8.5
235 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands8.5
235 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands8.5
238 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England8.6
238 jointCotswoldSouth West8.6
238 jointBaberghEast of England8.6
241 jointAshfieldEast Midlands8.7
241 jointWest LancashireNorth West8.7
241 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands8.7
244South CambridgeshireEast of England9.1
245 jointBolsoverEast Midlands9.4
245 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands9.4
245 jointNorth SomersetSouth West9.4
248 jointRedditchWest Midlands9.6
248 jointCheshire EastNorth West9.6
250 jointSwaleSouth East9.7
250 jointUttlesfordEast of England9.7
252HarboroughEast Midlands9.8
253 jointHavantSouth East9.9
253 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England9.9
255ShropshireWest Midlands10.0
256North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber10.1
257ChorleyNorth West10.3
258County DurhamNorth East10.7
259 jointRossendaleNorth West10.8
259 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands10.8
259 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands10.8
259 jointTamworthWest Midlands10.8
263MansfieldEast Midlands10.9
264Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands11.1
265HartlepoolNorth East11.4
266RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber11.5
267North KestevenEast Midlands11.7
268 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands11.8
268 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands11.8
270North DevonSouth West11.9
271South HamsSouth West12.0
272South NorfolkEast of England12.1
273 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England12.3
273 jointMeltonEast Midlands12.3
275 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands13.1
275 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber13.1
277DarlingtonNorth East13.2
278Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands13.4
279Folkestone and HytheSouth East13.5
280East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber13.7
281Forest of DeanSouth West13.9
282TendringEast of England15.9
283East LindseyEast Midlands16.0
284Redcar and ClevelandNorth East16.7
285North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber17.4
286 jointNorthumberlandNorth East17.5
286 jointWest DevonSouth West17.5
288Westmorland and FurnessNorth West18.1
289CornwallSouth West19.5
290BrecklandEast of England20.6
291LancasterNorth West20.8
292Great YarmouthEast of England20.9
293 jointBostonEast Midlands21.5
293 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England21.5
295CumberlandNorth West25.4
296Isles of ScillySouth West95.7

Not in this list

  • Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland's independent schools are not placed: their postcodes' locations are licensed.
  • Scotland. Scotland's register of independent schools does not say which have nursery classes.
  • Wales. Wales's list of independent schools gives no ages and does not say which are special schools.

Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, open independent schools, 2026-10-22, read at every census area · October 2026 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured

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