Childcare in Needham Market
Needham Market has 1 pre-school. 1 has 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.
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 Jigsaw Pre-School (Sproughton) at Needham Market Sessional day care
What people ask about childcare in Needham Market
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Needham Market take babies?
1 settings in Needham Market 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 Needham Market?
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 Needham Market
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.