170 nurseries in Suffolk

Every day nursery in the Suffolk council area, best rated first, with the ones Ofsted rated Outstanding and what a place costs after the free hours.

170 day nurseries

27 rated Outstanding

10 with a new report card (6%)

8,027 places in total

£141 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Outstanding nurseries in Suffolk

30 nurseries in the area are in our top band: rated Outstanding, or graded Strong standard or better across a new report card.

Top-band day nurseries in Suffolk
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Meadow Brook Playcare Saxmundham, IP17	Strong standard in all 6	24 March 2026	53
2	East Bergholt Young Explorers Colchester, CO7	Strong standard in all 6	24 February 2026	60
3	Sunshine Nursery School Sudbury, CO10	Strong standard in all 6	27 January 2026	141
4	Early Years @ Highfield - Whitehouse Ipswich, IP1	Outstanding	23 September 2025	28
5	Little Teapots Pre School Bury St Edmunds, IP29	Outstanding	18 September 2025	24
6	Colourbox Montessori School, Newmarket Newmarket, CB8	Outstanding	7 August 2025	83
7	The Willows Daycare Limited Ipswich, IP2	Outstanding	25 June 2025	46
8	Little Learners Nursery Ipswich, IP3	Outstanding	22 May 2025	64
9	Wigwams Nursery Ipswich, IP1	Outstanding	30 April 2025	110
10	Little Oaks Playschool Woodbridge, IP13	Outstanding	10 April 2025	50
11	Buttons and Bows Nursery Ipswich, IP2	Outstanding	30 January 2025	71
12	Lavender Hall Kindergarten Colchester, CO7	Outstanding	17 January 2025	57

Day nurseries in Suffolk, best rated first

All 170 day nurseries in Suffolk
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Meadow Brook Playcare Saxmundham, IP17	Strong standard in all 6	24 March 2026	53
2	East Bergholt Young Explorers Colchester, CO7	Strong standard in all 6	24 February 2026	60
3	Sunshine Nursery School Sudbury, CO10	Strong standard in all 6	27 January 2026	141
4	Early Years @ Highfield - Whitehouse Ipswich, IP1	Outstanding	23 September 2025	28
5	Little Teapots Pre School Bury St Edmunds, IP29	Outstanding	18 September 2025	24
6	Colourbox Montessori School, Newmarket Newmarket, CB8	Outstanding	7 August 2025	83
7	The Willows Daycare Limited Ipswich, IP2	Outstanding	25 June 2025	46
8	Little Learners Nursery Ipswich, IP3	Outstanding	22 May 2025	64
9	Wigwams Nursery Ipswich, IP1	Outstanding	30 April 2025	110
10	Little Oaks Playschool Woodbridge, IP13	Outstanding	10 April 2025	50
11	Buttons and Bows Nursery Ipswich, IP2	Outstanding	30 January 2025	71
12	Lavender Hall Kindergarten Colchester, CO7	Outstanding	17 January 2025	57
13	Colourbox@Redwoods Bury St Edmunds, IP29	Outstanding	4 December 2024	30
14	Forest Learners Nursery Ipswich, IP3	Outstanding	27 March 2024	16
15	The Beacon Day Nursery and Preschool Woodbridge, IP12	Outstanding	15 February 2024	51
16	Colourbox Montessori School Haverhill Haverhill, CB9	Outstanding	15 January 2024	77
17	Wellington Nursery Ipswich, IP1	Outstanding	21 November 2023	26
18	Dizzys Day Nursery Haverhill, CB9	Outstanding	17 July 2023	96
19	Beccles Forest Schools Beccles, NR34	Outstanding	5 May 2023	52
20	Colourbox Nest Barrow Bury St Edmunds, IP29	Outstanding	5 May 2023	12
21	Halesworth Day Nursery Halesworth, IP19	Outstanding	17 March 2023	50
22	Colourbox Montessori School, Barrow Bury St. Edmunds, IP29	Outstanding	7 December 2022
23	Cygnets (Whelnetham) Great Whelnetham, IP30	Outstanding	30 November 2022	24
24	Lilypads Day Nursery & Pre-School Ltd Haverhill, CB9	Outstanding	11 November 2022	34
25	St Michael's Pre-School Manningtree, CO11	Outstanding	1 November 2022	43
26	The Lodge Day Nursery Ipswich, IP1	Outstanding	28 September 2022	42
27	Fairstead House Nursery Newmarket, CB8	Outstanding	18 July 2022	21
28	Thurston Childcare Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, IP31	Outstanding	19 May 2022	108
29	Colourbox Red Lodge Bury St Edmunds, IP28	Outstanding	11 January 2022	46
30	Small World Kindergarten Ipswich, IP1	Outstanding	10 May 2021	42
31	Greenhays Nursery School Ltd Bury St Edmunds, IP28	Strong standard in 5 of 6	30 March 2026	38
32	Benhall Preschool Saxmundham, IP17	Expected standard in 3 of 6	27 November 2025	30
33	South Lee Day Nursery Baby Room Bury St Edmunds, IP33	Expected standard in 4 of 6	21 January 2026	83
34	Tots & Teepees Sudbury, CO10	Expected standard in all 6	12 February 2026	20
35	Early Years @ Highfield Daycare Ipswich, IP1	Expected standard in all 6	15 January 2026	24
36	Happy Days Childcare Newmarket, CB8	Good	29 September 2025	62
37	YMCA Childcare Providence Ipswich, IP1	Good	8 September 2025	60
38	Brooklands Young Explorers Manningtree, CO11	Good	5 September 2025	54
39	Little Larks Day Nursery Bury St Edmunds, IP29	Good	21 August 2025	70
40	Oak Wood Nursery and Forest School Ipswich, IP3	Good	4 August 2025	55
41	Little Parrotts ltd Bury St Edmunds, IP28	Good	10 July 2025	34
42	Little Acorns Pre School Ipswich, IP4	Good	1 July 2025	30
43	Holbrook and District Pre-school Playgroup Ipswich, IP9	Good	16 June 2025	20
44	Sunbeams Educare Limited Beccles, NR34	Good	16 June 2025	26
45	Great Finborough & Buxhall Under 5's Stowmarket, IP14	Good	23 May 2025	25
46	Shotley Kidzone Ipswich, IP9	Good	19 May 2025	45
47	Botesdale and Rickinghall Pre-School Diss, IP22	Good	13 May 2025	30
48	ABC Childcare (Ipswich) Ltd Ipswich, IP3	Good	9 May 2025	26
49	Puddleducks Kindercare LTD Ipswich, IP2	Good	14 April 2025	53
50	RAFA Kidz Honington Bury St Edmunds, IP31	Good	3 April 2025	72
51	Scribbles Day Nursery (Seashore) Lowestoft, NR32	Good	2 April 2025	90
52	Jack n Jill Pre-School and Nursery Ipswich, IP2	Good	5 March 2025	48
53	Garden House Nursery Ipswich, IP1	Good	3 March 2025	53
54	Golden Apples Day Nursery Haverhill, CB9	Good	24 January 2025	84
55	Rainbow Bright Day Care Ipswich, IP4	Good	20 January 2025	43
56	Worlingham Pre-School Beccles, NR34	Good	15 January 2025	30
57	Woodlands (CIO) Stowmarket, IP14	Good	13 January 2025	32
58	Cavendish Pre-school Sudbury, CO10	Good	9 January 2025	17
59	Twizzle Tops Day Nursery Ipswich, IP3	Good	16 December 2024	77
60	Clip Clop Day Nursery Newmarket, CB8	Good	12 December 2024	43
61	Moreton Hall Prepcare Nursery Bury St Edmunds, IP32	Good	12 December 2024	60
62	Guildhall Feoffment Preschool And Nursery Bury St Edmunds, IP33	Good	5 December 2024	38
63	Bacton Under Fives Stowmarket, IP14	Good	17 October 2024	50
64	Tiddlywinks Nursery Eye, IP21	Good	16 October 2024	54
65	Stutton Young Explorers Ipswich, IP9	Good	10 October 2024	34
66	Easton Pre-School Group Woodbridge, IP13	Good	4 October 2024	26
67	Street Farm Day Nursery Ltd Bury St Edmunds, IP30	Good	15 August 2024	52
68	Busy Bees Day Nursery at Stowmarket Stowmarket, IP14	Good	5 July 2024	112
69	A1 Fun Club Newmarket, CB8	Good	4 July 2024	45
70	Moat Barn Nursery Woodbridge, IP13	Good	27 June 2024	87
71	Bunnies Daycare Stowmarket, IP14	Good	17 June 2024	17
72	Little Leaders Childcare Ipswich, IP4	Good	11 June 2024	34
73	Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, IP33	Good	17 May 2024	96
74	Hunnitots Day Nursery Ipswich, IP4	Good	15 May 2024	102
75	Buttercups Children's Nursery Stowmarket, IP14	Good	10 May 2024	63
76	Rainbow Day Nursery Lowestoft, NR32	Good	30 April 2024	48
77	Little JeM's Catholic Nursery Felixstowe, IP11	Good	20 March 2024	27
78	Busy Bees Day Nursery at Ipswich Pinewood Ipswich, IP8	Good	29 February 2024	100
79	Busy Bees Day Nursery at Ipswich Rushmere Ipswich, IP4	Good	7 February 2024	112
80	Blundeston Pre-School Lowestoft, NR32	Good	31 January 2024	40
81	Robins Childcare Ipswich, IP9	Good	22 January 2024	50
82	Springfields Day Nursery Sudbury, CO10	Good	9 January 2024	34
83	Buzzbee Babes Nursery Ipswich, IP1	Good	19 December 2023	79
84	Poppy's Children's Nursery Stowmarket, IP14	Good	14 December 2023	26
85	Chives Montessori School Ipswich, IP6	Good	8 December 2023	50
86	Springfields Pre-School Ltd Sudbury, CO10	Good	13 October 2023	32
87	Woodbridge Day Nursery Woodbridge, IP12	Good	12 October 2023	30
88	Peacock Montessori Nursery Ltd Diss, IP21	Good	3 October 2023	40
89	Kids Zone Childcare Limited Lowestoft, NR32	Good	31 August 2023	42
90	Kids Play Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, IP33	Good	30 August 2023	86
91	Bright Horizons Bury St Edmunds Day Nursery and Preschool Suffolk, IP32	Good	10 July 2023	97
92	Red Robins Day Nursery Newmarket, CB8	Good	27 June 2023	30
93	Elm Tree Nursery Lowestoft, NR33	Good	22 June 2023	30
94	Sandlings Playgroup & Wrap Around Provision Woodbridge, IP12	Good	18 May 2023	42
95	Bright Horizons Great Cornard Day Nursery and Preschool Sudbury, CO10	Good	9 May 2023	82
96	Little Explorers Day Nursery Pakenham Bury St Edmunds, IP31	Good	28 April 2023	30
97	Great Barton Pathways Bury St Edmunds, IP31	Good	20 April 2023	26
98	New Horizons Day Care Bury St Edmunds, IP28	Good	15 March 2023	150
99	New Horizons Day Care LTD Bury St. Edmunds, IP28	Good	15 March 2023	85
100	Presmere Day Nursery Woodbridge, IP13	Good	14 March 2023	23
101	Rougham Acorns And Woodlands Ltd Bury St. Edmunds, IP30	Good	9 February 2023	24
102	Kirkley Nursery Lowestoft, NR33	Good	24 January 2023	52
103	St Andrews Pre-School Felixstowe, IP11	Good	18 January 2023	59
104	Mulberry Bush Nursery Eye, IP23	Good	17 January 2023	58
105	Pitstop Nursery Melton, IP12	Good	10 January 2023	11
106	West Row Pre-School Bury St. Edmunds, IP28	Good	10 January 2023	26
107	Beehive Day Nursery Bungay, NR35	Good	6 January 2023	44
108	Little Angels Day Care Bury St Edmunds, IP33	Good	14 December 2022	38
109	Little Treasures Pre-School Mildenhall, IP28	Good	8 December 2022	37
110	Sibton Nursery School Saxmundham, IP17	Good	8 December 2022	45
111	The Playstation Preschool Ipswich, IP7	Good	5 December 2022	24
112	Sunhill Early Years Stowmarket Stowmarket, IP14	Good	1 December 2022
113	Little Elms Elmswell, IP30	Good	11 November 2022	71
114	Norton Pre-School Norton, IP31	Good	2 November 2022	26
115	Sunshine Pre-School and Day Care Ltd Beccles, NR34	Good	2 November 2022	30
116	Woodpeckers Nursery Sudbury, CO10	Good	25 October 2022	75
117	Oakland Hall Day Nursery Sproughton, IP8	Good	21 October 2022	62
118	Busy Bees Nursery School Bury St Edmunds, IP28	Good	13 October 2022	111
119	Sunhill Early Learning Stowmarket Stowmarket, IP14	Good	11 October 2022	66
120	Stepping Stones Pre-School Newmarket, CB8	Good	13 September 2022	55
121	The Playbox, St Johns Methodist Church Preschool Sudbury, CO10	Good	13 July 2022	28
122	Laxfield Pre School Woodbridge, IP13	Good	9 June 2022	34
123	Ipswich Private Kindergarten Limited Ipswich, IP4	Good	23 May 2022	96
124	Wattisham Airfield Childcare Centre Ipswich, IP7	Good	17 May 2022	52
125	Little Leaders Childcare Framlingham Woodbridge, IP13	Good	29 April 2022	37
126	Play2day Nurseries (Ipswich) Ipswich, IP5	Good	5 April 2022	68
127	The Cornerstone Day Nursery and Preschool Woodbridge, IP12	Good	23 March 2022	64
128	The Roundabout Nursery Ipswich, IP5	Good	17 March 2022	29
129	Culford Nursery Bury St. Edmunds, IP28	Good	10 February 2022	14
130	Orchard Barn Stratford St Mary Colchester, CO7	Good	9 February 2022	37
131	Springfield Day Nursery Bury St Edmunds, IP33	Good	23 November 2021	43
132	Ketton Early Birds Haverhill, CB9	Good	12 November 2021	28
133	St. Marys Preschool Playgroup Ipswich, IP4	Good	18 October 2021	32
134	Little Leaders Childcare Melton Woodbridge, IP12	Good	14 October 2021	60
135	The Peartree Kindergarten Ipswich, IP2	Good	5 October 2021	71
136	Sunshine Corner Day Nursery Brandon, IP27	Good	24 August 2021	32
137	Jungle Cubs And Jungle Giants Cic Wetheringsett, IP14	Good	19 August 2021	34
138	YMCA Childcare - St Margaret's Road Lowestoft, NR32	Good	17 August 2021	51
139	Dilly's Daycare Ipswich, IP1	Good	28 July 2021	32
140	Woodland Corner Colchester, CO6	Good	12 July 2021	28
141	Hadleigh Parkside Pre-school Ipswich, IP7	Good	24 June 2021	26
142	Barnardiston Hall Nr Haverhill, CB9	Good	17 May 2021	26
143	Edgar Sewter Playschool Halesworth, IP19	Good	9 January 2019	24
144	Happy Faces Pre-school (LAMPH) Haverhill, CB9	Needs attention in 2 of 6	11 February 2026	32
145	Unity Stars Haverhill, CB9	Needs attention in 6 of 6	19 March 2026	25
146	A1 Fun Club @ Paddocks Newmarket, CB8	Not yet graded	Not yet	14
147	Colourbox@Cherry Trees Risby Bury St Edmunds, IP28	Not yet graded	Not yet	62
148	EA Gymnastics - Lowestoft Lowestoft, NR32	Not yet graded	Not yet
149	GBP Ipswich Childcare Ipswich, IP1	Not yet graded	Not yet
150	GBP Ipswich Childcare (Castle Hill) Ipswich, IP1	Not yet graded	Not yet
151	Ipswich Early Years Ipswich, IP1	Not yet graded	Not yet	109
152	Kirton Kites Ipswich, IP10	Not yet graded	Not yet	39
153	Little Crickets Finborough Great Finborough, IP14	Not yet graded	Not yet	12
154	Little Explorers - Stonham Aspal Stowmarket, IP14	Not yet graded	Not yet	22
155	Little Hoppers Pre-School Felixstowe, IP11	Not yet graded	Not yet	53
156	Little Leaders Kesgrave Ipswich, IP5	Not yet graded	Not yet	43
157	Little Leaders Martlesham Ipswich, IP5	Not yet graded	Not yet	62
158	Little Leaders Ransomes Ipswich, IP3	Not yet graded	Not yet	40
159	Little Tree Huggers Long Melford, CO10	Not yet graded	Not yet	57
160	Little Willows Childcare Bury St Edmunds, IP28	Not yet graded	Not yet	28
161	Play Out Ipswich Ipswich, IP3	Not yet graded	Not yet	71
162	Spring Leiston Lieston, IP16	Not yet graded	Not yet	40
163	Sunflowers Childcare C.I.C Sudbury, CO10	Not yet graded	Not yet	40
164	Sunshine pre-school and Day care Ltd at Ravensmere Beccles, NR34	Not yet graded	Not yet	24
165	The Bloom Childcare Group Grundisburgh Woodbridge, IP13	Not yet graded	Not yet	19
166	The Four Bears Den Bury St. Edmunds, IP29	Not yet graded	Not yet
167	The Nest Nursery Ipswich, IP2	Not yet graded	Not yet	32
168	The Peartree Kindergarten (Felixstowe) Ltd Felixstowe, IP11	Not yet graded	Not yet	52
169	The Peartree Kindergarten (Holly Lodge, Felixstowe) Felixstowe, IP11	Not yet graded	Not yet	62
170	Unity Stars Norton Road Haverhill, CB9	Not yet graded	Not yet	37

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Nursery fees in Suffolk

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

Average weekly price in term time, East of England, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age	25 hours a week	50 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 Suffolk

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in Suffolk 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

Who	Free hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months	30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old	15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits	15 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.