Hunnitots Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Ipswich for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 1992, with 102 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
IP4 5PDWhat 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.
- 26 February 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 15 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Since the last inspection, leaders have worked to strengthen the curriculum and how well staff deliver it. They have made significant improvements to the way that staff support children's personal, social and emotional development. This has had a positive impact on children, particularly in the pre-school room, but also to how settled babies and toddlers feel. Overall, children engage well in learning. They learn how to treat others. Staff achieve this by acknowledging how secure children feel. They use sensitive discussion to encourage older children's positive choices.
Children learn how to negotiate, share and turn take. During play on a balance beam, staff teach children how to risk assess by encouraging them to check their surrounding area. Consequently, children wait for their friend to move out of the way before they jump off a bench. These experiences help to lay the foundations for children's positive social interactions and relationships in the future.
Children are happy and content at the nursery. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, show that they feel safe and secure through their positive behaviours. Babies bond with the staff caring for them as they receive gentle comfort. Staff cuddle babies when they have just woken up to allow them to feel fully awake before they go off to explore and play again.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- promote the development of children's self-care skills further by finding ways to enable them to independently access their own drinks n develop further staffs' understanding about how to deliver the challenging curriculum, to achieve consistency with teaching that is well matched to children's individual stage of development, and in their support of children's learning during play and daily activities n revise plans and methods for sharing information with parents so that they are fully informed about how they can support their child's individual learning at home.
- 15 May 2024Good
- 11 October 2023Needs improvement
- 10 September 2021Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hunnitots Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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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