Greenhays Nursery School Ltd
Ofsted report card Mar 2026Takes funded hours★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bury St. Edmunds for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £52.31 a day for two year olds, and they take the funded hours. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in March 2026. Open since 1986, with 38 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
49 weeks a year, price list dated April 2025.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under twosbirth to 2y | £64.28Daily fees | – | £279.36Full time (weekly fees) - Mon to Fri | |
| Two year olds2y to 3y | £52.31Daily fees | – | £245.42Full time (weekly fees) - Mon to Fri | |
| 3 year olds+3y to 5y | £49.82Daily fees | £22.68Afternoon (3 hours) £23.96Morning (3 hours) | £233.73Full time (weekly fees) - Mon to Fri |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 per 15 minutes Late collection charge (before 5:30pm)
- £5.00 per 15 minutes Late collection charge (after 5:30pm)
- £30.00 Late fee charge
Discounts
- 8% Sibling discounttwo or more children (full time places only)
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
30 hours funding for children who attend throughout the whole year and are eligible; 15 hours funding for children aged 9 months+ available to all children whose parents meet the working parents criteria.
Worth knowing. 30 hours funding requires attendance throughout the whole year (both in and out of term time); 15 hours funding requires parents to meet the working parents criteria; funded-only children pay dinner money for lunch and tea.
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
IP28 8LDWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
What 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.
- 30 March 2026Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
- 17 April 2025Needs improvement Safeguarding: Yes
- 27 June 2019Outstanding
- 2 June 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Greenhays Nursery School Ltd
- 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.
- Is £52.31 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.
- 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
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