Cygnets (Whelnetham)
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Great Whelnetham for from 2 years 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2004, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 & 30 hour funded places.
Worth knowing. Funded places are available between 9.10am and 3.10am.
What childcare usually costs in Suffolk
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.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
IP30 0UAWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 30 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are exceedingly happy and settled in this highly welcoming and inclusive setting. When they arrive, they eagerly wait for the doors to open, so that they can go off to play and learn with their friends. Children are secure and confident. They are highly motivated learners, who make rapid progress from their starting points.
Children delight in the interesting environment that inspires their natural instincts to discover and explore. Staff are led by what the children want to do and are actively engaged in their play. They skilfully extend and support children's learning.
For example, when children use cutters to make snowman figures out of play dough, staff count with the children how many they have cut out. They extend this to talk about 'one more' and 'how many' as they introduce simple addition. Children confidently predict how many they will have if they cut out one more.
- 30 November 2022Outstanding
- 2 December 2021Needs improvement
- 29 April 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Cygnets (Whelnetham)
- What it costs
- Meals
- 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.
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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.