Horringer Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Bury St Edmunds for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:45 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £5.00 a session for all ages, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2023. Open since 2016, with 20 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated April 2026.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 years2y to 3y | £22.50Morning or Afternoon, 3 hrs | |
| 3/4 years3y to 4y | £18.50Morning or Afternoon, 3 hrs | |
| All ages | £5.00Lunch club | |
| All ages | £12.75Permanent bookings £13.50ADHOC bookings – Subject to availability |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £15.00 to £20.00 a term half termly consumables chargedepending on the number of days your child attends
Funded hours
This applies if your child is 2 and you are eligible, or for all children from the term after they turn 3 until they turn 5. This allows up to a maximum of 30 hours per week.
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
IP29 5SBWhat 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, 19 September 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Some children struggle to separate from their main carer on entry to the setting.
Staff manage this sensitively and build positive relationship with the children and parents. Children become familiar with the consistent routines. They know what happens next at any time during the session. Staff give children notice of when activities need to change. They value what children are doing and give them time to finish their activity. Overall, children develop a positive attitude to learning. They choose what they want to play with and readily lead their own play. Staff support children to help tidy away toys at the end of the session.
Staff help children learn to play harmoniously together. They show children how to use sand timers as a visual aid to taking turns with popular resources. Children understand that when the timer runs out it is someone else's turn. Staff support children's developing communication and language skills. They introduce vocabulary through stories and conversation. Children sometimes listen to stories and contribute their own ideas. Children play imaginatively, based on their own experiences. They style the hair of dolls and each other. Children pretend to use the stethoscope to listen to each other's hearts when playing at being doctors.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff teaching skills to help them recognise when children are not actively engaged in activities, so that they can refocus children's attention and concentration n deploy staff more effectively, so that they are not distracted by routine and housekeeping activities n organise written information about staff, so that it is readily accessible when needed.
- 19 September 2023Good
- 18 October 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Horringer Pre-School
- 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.
- Is £5.00 a session 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.