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15 nurseries in Great Yarmouth

Every day nursery in Great Yarmouth on the Ofsted register, best rated first, with what a place costs in East of England after the free hours.

15 day nurseries
2 with a new report card (13%)
893 places in total
£141 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Best-rated nurseries in Great Yarmouth

The top of our Great Yarmouth ranking: Ofsted's outcome first, then the newest inspection.

Best-rated day nurseries in Great Yarmouth
#NurseryOfsted outcomeInspectedPlaces
1Scribbles Day Nursery (Gorleston) Ltd NR31 6RRStrong standard in 5 of 616 April 202672
2Little Explorers Forest School Nursery NR29 3AGExpected standard in all 611 March 202624
3Penguin Pre-School NR30 4DBGood23 April 202536
4Rascal's Day Nursery NR31 7BUGood4 February 202535
5StaynPlay Day Care NR31 0NXGood28 January 2025130

Day nurseries in Great Yarmouth, best rated first

All 15 day nurseries in Great Yarmouth
#NurseryOfsted outcomeInspectedPlaces
1Scribbles Day Nursery (Gorleston) Ltd NR31 6RRStrong standard in 5 of 616 April 202672
2Little Explorers Forest School Nursery NR29 3AGExpected standard in all 611 March 202624
3Penguin Pre-School NR30 4DBGood23 April 202536
4Rascal's Day Nursery NR31 7BUGood4 February 202535
5StaynPlay Day Care NR31 0NXGood28 January 2025130
6Busy Bees Day Nursery at Great Yarmouth NR31 6LAGood14 June 202471
7Park Playgroup NR30 1NWGood23 May 202424
8Little Squirrels Play Forest at Priory NR30 1NWGood8 March 202468
9Little Squirrels Play Forest at Seagulls NR31 7BPGood2 February 202462
10St Nicholas Children's Centre NR30 1NNGood30 January 202462
11Cobholm and Lichfield Childcare Centre NR31 0DWGood8 June 202378
12Scribbles Day Nursery Beacon Park NR31 7BBGood30 June 2021102
13EA Gymnastics - Great Yarmouth NR31 0LUNot yet gradedNot yet
14Scribbles Day Nursery (Gorleston) NR31 6NENot yet gradedNot yet129
15Sunbeams Community Hub NR31 0NUNot yet gradedNot yet

How the ranking works: our ranking policy. What the grades mean: Ofsted report cards explained.

Nurseries by postcode in Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth is in Norfolk.

Nursery fees in Great Yarmouth

What day nurseries in East of England charge on average. Fees in Great Yarmouth itself can sit above or below this.

Average weekly price in term time, East of England, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age25 hours a week50 hours a week
Under 2£192no funded hours£155after 30 funded hours
2 years old£176no funded hours£141after 30 funded hours
3 to 4 years old£67after the free 15 hours£135after 30 funded hours

Regional average, not any one nursery's price. Source: Coram Childcare Survey 2026. Work out your own monthly cost.

30 hours free childcare in Great Yarmouth

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in Great Yarmouth as anywhere in England. Every day nursery listed here is registered with Ofsted, which is what a nursery needs to offer them.

Check which hours your child can get

WhoFree hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits15 hours

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.