How this list is ranked
Centres are ordered by a rating estimate. That is not the raw Google star average: the estimate blends a centre's own average with the average across Cambridge, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has.
The city average used here is 4.5 stars. It is taken across the 20 licensed daycares in Cambridge that clear the review bar.
A centre with 10 reviews sits exactly half way between its own average and the city average. Past that it leans on its own record. Below it, it leans on the city.
A centre with fewer than 5 Google reviews is never ranked on this page. It can still be a good centre; there is simply not enough evidence to place it against the others, and placing it anyway would be guesswork with a number attached to it.
Google ratings are third party. They are shown as plain text, they are not collected by MapleCub, and they are not marked up as review data anywhere on this page.
The badges below each centre report facts about the listing: whether the provider has claimed it, whether opening hours are published, whether a provincial registry reported an opening, whether the centre is enrolled in CWELCC. None of them change the score. None of them change the order.
10 best-rated licensed daycares in Cambridge
- 1
Ashbury Heights Academy
25 Brook Street
5.0 stars from 16 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 16, rating estimate 4.8.
- 2
Islamic Centre Of Cambridge Daycare
1550 Dunbar Road
4.8 stars from 761 Google reviews
Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 761, rating estimate 4.8.
- 3
Brightpath Maple Grove
1370 Maple Grove Road
4.8 stars from 106 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 106, rating estimate 4.8.
- 4
Coronation Elcc
765 Coronation Boulevard
5.0 stars from 9 Google reviews
Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 9, rating estimate 4.8.
- 5
Tender Loving Daycare Cambridge
99 Beechwood Road
5.0 stars from 8 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 8, rating estimate 4.7.
- 6
Saginaw Child Care Centre
740 Saginaw Parkway
4.9 stars from 10 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 10, rating estimate 4.7.
- 7
Ywca - St. Margaret Child Care Centre
210 Cowan Boulevard
4.9 stars from 9 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 9, rating estimate 4.7.
- 8
Risingoaks Early Learning | Our Lady Of Fatima
55 Hammet Street
5.0 stars from 5 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 5, rating estimate 4.7.
- 9
Lullaboo Nursery & Childcare Center
90 Pinebush Road
4.7 stars from 110 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:30Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 110, rating estimate 4.7.
- 10
Little Scholars Child Care
535 Saginaw Parkway
4.7 stars from 64 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 64, rating estimate 4.7.
27 more licensed daycares in Cambridge have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Cambridge.
Questions about this list
How many licensed daycares are there in Cambridge?
MapleCub lists 37 licensed daycares in Cambridge. 20 of them have at least 5 Google reviews, which is the bar to be ranked on this page. The top 10 are shown here.
How is this ranking worked out?
Centres are ordered by a rating estimate. That is not the raw Google star average: the estimate blends a centre's own average with the average across Cambridge, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has. The city average used here is 4.5 stars. It is taken across the 20 licensed daycares in Cambridge that clear the review bar. A centre with 10 reviews sits exactly half way between its own average and the city average. Past that it leans on its own record. Below it, it leans on the city. A centre with fewer than 5 Google reviews is never ranked on this page. It can still be a good centre; there is simply not enough evidence to place it against the others, and placing it anyway would be guesswork with a number attached to it.
Which centres are included on this list?
Every licensed child care programme MapleCub has a visible listing for in this city counts. Approach and programme type make no difference.
Are these MapleCub's own ratings?
No. The star ratings and review counts on this page come from Google, they are shown as plain text, and MapleCub does not collect them, does not adjust them, and does not mark them up as structured review data anywhere on the page. What MapleCub adds is the ordering. The method above says exactly how that is worked out.
How do I check that a centre on this list is licensed?
Every centre on this list is a licensed programme in MapleCub's records, each listing page shows the licence status MapleCub holds for it, and the authoritative record behind both of those is the province's own registry. Look the centre up there by name before you enrol. Confirm the licence is current.