Finding childcare providers
The Childcare Directory allows you to search for local childcare providers. You can search using a postcode and can filter results by type of childcare

Help with your childcare costs
The Childcare Choices website offers a comparison guide for all the ways you can reduce your childcare costs.
Parents can purchase childcare from registered early years providers from birth. All children are entitled to free early learning and childcare at a registered provider before they attend school. Some children as young as two years old are entitled to up to 570 hours of childcare per year funded by the local authority.
Childcare provision for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities
All childcare settings are able to support a child with special educational needs and/or disabilities, although some may have particular skills or expertise. It is important to give potential settings as much information as possible about your child from the start. This will help them to meet his / her needs more effectively, which may help them to settle better.
Types of childcare
Getting further help
If you have a child aged between 0 and 5 you can also visit a Cambridgeshire Child and Family Centre for help with finding childcare. Other local parents are likely to have a good idea of what is available in an area, but make sure you make your own enquiries into the quality and suitability of a setting. For providers registered with Ofsted, their inspection report will provide useful information on their quality. The Childcare Directory provides links to Ofsted report for registered providers.
Under the Child Care Act 2006, Cambridgeshire County Council has a duty to:
- ensure sufficient and suitable childcare places are provided, including for children with special educational needs and/or disability, to enable parents to work or to undertake education or training which could lead to employment
- secure free early years education provision for all 3 and 4 year olds, and 2 year olds who meet nationally set eligibility criteria, for 15 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year.