Easton Pre-School Group
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Woodbridge for children from birth to 5, open 08:30 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 2016, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We are registered to receive Government funding for children of working parents in the term following your child becomes 9 months old going on to 2years old(15 hours funding). And 30 hours funding from the term after your child's 3 rd birthday.
Worth knowing. Any time booked over the 15 or 30 hours will be charged for. Invoices will be issued in the first few days of a half term.
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
IP13 0EQWhat 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, 4 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in this extremely supportive home-from-home nursery. The nurturing leaders and staff provide bespoke settling-in processes, that promote children's well-being, and champion their individualities from the start. Regular, performing arts sessions, build children's self-esteem and confidence. Children feel a sense of belonging and swiftly become highly motivated learners. This is because staff are extremely sensitive in their interactions, and they provide activities that are familiar to them and match their interests. Children demonstrate high levels of respect for others and play cooperatively with their peers. These behaviours are elevated by the staff who consistently speak calmly and respectfully.
Children have access to amazing outdoor facilities. They benefit hugely from learning experiences in nature, with daily visits to the on-site farm, where they learn how to care for the animals and develop empathy for living things. Children are inquisitive, as they enthusiastically hunt for ants in the tree bark and count the ducks on the pond. Staff provide meaningful teaching to help children risk access environments themselves. When children point to mushrooms growing in the ground, staff gently remind them not to touch wild mushrooms as they could make them poorly. Children learn to explore them safely, when staff put them in a secure magnifying container.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- focus more closely on promoting children's developing awareness of numbers and counting.
- 4 October 2024Good
- 25 January 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Easton Pre-School Group
- What it costs
- 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.
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.
- 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.