Creches

What is a creche?

These are facilities that provide occasional care for children under eight, and are provided on particular premises on more than five days a year.

Are creches registered?

Creches need to be registered with Ofsted if:

They run for more than 2 hours a day, even where individual children attend for shorter periods. Download a copy of Surestart Creches, National Standards for under 8s day care and childminding.

Where are creches located?

Some creches are in permanent premises and care for children while parents are engaged in particular activities, for example, shopping or sports. Others are established on a temporary basis to care for children while their parents are involved in time-limited activities, for example, a conference or exhibition.

Where can I find a creche?

The children's service finder holds detailed information on child related topics and services in the Richmond Borough. To search the childrens service finder please follow the link to the childcare search page or visit the West London Childcarelink Website

Where can I find out more?

'Looking for Childcare' is a very useful leaflet that is produced by surestart that has information about all types of childcare including out of school care, to view the leaflet visit the Surestart website