Childcare in Leiston
Leiston has 1 school nursery class, 2 childminders and 1 after-school club. Ofsted has inspected 2 of them, and rated every one Good or better. 2 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.
2 settings 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.
- Dec 2025Opened EA Gymnastics - Leiston Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Leiston
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Leiston take funded hours?
1 of the 4 settings in Leiston 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Leiston take babies?
2 settings in Leiston 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 Leiston?
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 Leiston
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.