Childcare in Felixstowe
Felixstowe has 5 day nurseries, 4 pre-schools, 1 school nursery class, 2 childminders and 2 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 8 of them, and rated every one Good or better. 6 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. 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.
1 setting match. 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 2025Opened The Peartree Kindergarten (Holly Lodge, Felixstowe) Full day care
- Jun 2025Closed Ipswich Town Foundation Soccer Schools Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Closed The Play Pit Full day care
What people ask about childcare in Felixstowe
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Felixstowe take funded hours?
5 of the 14 settings in Felixstowe 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.
Which nurseries in Felixstowe take babies?
13 settings in Felixstowe 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 Felixstowe?
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 Felixstowe
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.