Childcare in Stowmarket
Stowmarket has 10 day nurseries, 6 pre-schools, 4 school nursery classes, 1 childminder and 2 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 14 of them, and rated every one Good or better. 9 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.
19 settings match. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.
What people ask about childcare in Stowmarket
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Stowmarket take funded hours?
8 of the 23 settings in Stowmarket 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Stowmarket take babies?
19 settings in Stowmarket 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 Stowmarket?
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.
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