Childcare in Bury St. Edmunds
Bury St. Edmunds has 27 day nurseries, 13 pre-schools, 15 school nursery classes, 15 childminders and 14 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 47 of them and rated 45 Good or better, 7 of them Outstanding. 37 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Of those that publish a price, a full day runs from £42 to £80, typically £61. Across Suffolk there are 30 places per 100 children under five, about the same as England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Suffolk, divided by the children aged 0 to 4 who live there at the 2021 Census. It compares areas; it is not a count of free places today. It also leaves out the 127 school nursery classes across Suffolk, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
84 settings, best rated first. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.
What has changed here
Ofsted does not publish closures, so we work them out by comparing releases. Worth knowing if you are working from an old list.
- Jun 2026Opened Beck Row Pre-School Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Opened Stanton Pre-School Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed Stanton Pre-School Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed Cheerful Champs - St Marys, Mildenhall Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Colourbox @ St. Christopher's Full day care
- Dec 2025Opened The Willows Horringer Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Opened Little Acorns Childcare, Bury St Edmunds Limited Sessional day care
- Jun 2025Opened Premier Education - Woolpit Academy site Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Closed Little Acorns Childcare Full day care
What people ask about childcare in Bury St. Edmunds
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
How much does nursery cost in Bury St. Edmunds?
Of the 10 full-day rates published by settings in Bury St. Edmunds, the typical price is £61 a day, ranging from £42 to £80. These are prices the settings publish themselves, not an average of quotes.
Which nurseries in Bury St. Edmunds take funded hours?
24 of the 84 settings in Bury St. Edmunds are recorded as taking the government funded hours. Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.
Are any nurseries in Bury St. Edmunds rated Outstanding?
Yes. 7 of the 47 settings Ofsted has inspected in Bury St. Edmunds hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Bury St. Edmunds take babies?
65 settings in Bury St. Edmunds are registered to take children under two. Ofsted's register does not say whether a setting runs a baby room or has space in it, so ring before you plan around it.
Is it hard to get a nursery place in Bury St. Edmunds?
Suffolk has 30 registered childcare places for every 100 children under five, against 32 across England. That is registered capacity rather than free places, so it compares areas rather than telling you what is available this week.
Towns close to Bury St. Edmunds
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.