School age
Last reported openings: school age (14) · Mar 27, 2025, over 60 days ago
Daycare and child care in Dorset, VT
- Licensed programs
- 2
- All centers
- Takes infants
- 1
- No opening reported recently
- Reported openings
- 0
- programs, any age, in the last 60 days
Dorset has 2 licensed child care programs: all centers in Bennington County.
Room for young children nearby
About average for VT1.6children under 5 for every licensed spot within 10 miles
About 490 children under 5 live in VT within 10 miles of Dorset (Census, 2020–2024). Programs there that take them are licensed for 305, counting any school-age spots, so it’s a bit tighter than this. VT overall: 1.2. See the 10 programs nearby
All 2 licensed programs in Dorset
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Last reported openings: toddler (1), preschool (2) · Jul 25, 2026, over 60 days ago
Child care near Dorset
10 more programs within 10 miles, in Danby, Manchester and Pawlet. Closest first.
5 more programs within 10 miles take infants. 1 program reported an infant opening in the last 60 days, shown first.
6 more programs within 10 miles take toddlers. 1 program reported a toddler opening in the last 60 days, shown first.
8 more programs within 10 miles take preschoolers. 1 program reported a preschool opening in the last 60 days, shown first.
6 more programs within 10 miles take school-age children. None reported a school-age opening in the last 60 days. Closest first.
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Sep 28, 2026Infant 1Toddler 3Preschool 4
Toddler · Preschool · School age
No openings listed as of May 29, 2026, over 60 days ago
School age
Last reported openings: school age (10) · Mar 27, 2025, over 60 days ago
Preschool
No openings listed as of May 29, 2026, over 60 days ago
School age
Last reported openings: school age (1) · May 29, 2026, over 60 days ago
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
No openings listed as of Sep 23, 2026
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
No openings listed as of May 29, 2026, over 60 days ago
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Last reported openings: infant (3) · May 29, 2026, over 60 days ago
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Last reported openings: infant (4), toddler (2), preschool (3) · Jul 3, 2026, over 60 days ago
Daycare in Dorset by age
Infant care in Dorset
1 program takes infants. None reported an infant opening in the last 60 days.
Toddler care in Dorset
1 program takes toddlers. None reported a toddler opening in the last 60 days.
Preschool in Dorset
1 program takes preschoolers. None reported a preschool opening in the last 60 days.
Before- and after-school care in Dorset
1 program takes school-age children. None reported a school-age opening in the last 60 days.
Nearby towns
- Danby1 program · about 5.0 mi
- Manchester8 programs · about 8.4 mi
- Pawlet3 programs · about 9.4 mi
- Wallingford5 programs · about 11 mi
- Tinmouth1 program · about 11 mi
- Weston1 program · about 12 mi
- Londonderry4 programs · about 13 mi
- Wells2 programs · about 14 mi
From the state’s list of child care providers (Vermont Department for Children and Families, Child Development Division, on the state’s open data portal), retrieved Oct 29, 2026. The state updates its list once a month. Openings are what each program last reported to the state, on the date shown. Always confirm details with the program. This page’s details last changed Oct 29, 2026. The state’s data is shared under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0.