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Castle Fields Pre-School

GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established

A pre-school in Haverhill for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £40.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2021, though that is 5 years ago now. Open since 2017, with 32 places.

Call 01440 705800Their website

Cost

What it costs

Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.

£40.00 a day
Full day £40 All day sessions start at 9am and finish at 3pm. Children bring in their own packed lunch.

One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.

Funded hours

2, 3 and 4 year old funded sessions.

What childcare usually costs in Suffolk

£6.33an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£6.00an hour, typical for a 3 and 4 years old

This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Suffolk from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.

£40.00 a day is below the Suffolk median of £6.00 an hour. A ten-hour day at the median would come to about £60. The median covers every provider in the council, including childminders, so a nursery sitting above it is normal.
The basics

Places, hours and the day

Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.

Who they can take
Birth to 8+Registered from birth. Whether there is a baby room is a question for the call.
When it's open
09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a weekFrom their Google listing
Funded hours
Takes them
Meals
Not includedChildren bring in their own packed lunch.
Outdoor space
Yes
How many children
32 placesMedium for England
How long open
9 yearsLong established
Address
Castle Playing Fields, School Lane, Haverhill, CB9 9DE

Where it is

CB9 9DE
Ofsted URN EY549014On the register since 5 September 2017
The rating

What Ofsted said

Last inspected on 16 September 2021.

Good

Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.

Still missing for Castle Fields Pre-School

  • Youngest age taken
  • Nappies
  • Waiting list

No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.

I know some of thisI run this nursery
Before you ring

What to ask them

Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.

  • Is £40.00 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
  • How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
  • Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
  • Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
  • Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
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Little Raindrops

Pre-school · Little Raindrops Pre-School, Chapple Drive, Haverhill, CB9 0DU

GoodBirth to 8+08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week26 placesOpen for decades
0.7 mi
15 min walk
07957747767Their website

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Everything here comes from Ofsted's published childcare register, under the Open Government Licence. Ratings are quoted exactly as Ofsted gave them, with their dates. Read the full Ofsted reports · How we put this together.

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