Ipswich Private Kindergarten Limited
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Ipswich for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £70.50 a day for 2-3 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2022. Open since 1998, with 96 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
FULL DAY (8am-6pm) – £70.50/68.74**
One published rate, dated June 2026. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
3 & 4 year government funding.
Worth knowing. Lunch £4.50 & Tea £3.50 (when required in addition to normal session or when using 3 & 4 year government funding); Nappies £3.00 per day when child is in receipt of 3 & 4 year government funding.
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 4NXWhat 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, 23 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children have a good sense of belonging. They demonstrate close relationships with staff as they happily enter the nursery. Children are happy and enjoy greeting their friends when they arrive. They communicate well. Young children use gestures and sounds, which staff are alert and responsive to. Older children speak well, using a wide range of vocabulary to express themselves. Children are confident and welcome visitors into their nursery. They are curious about what they are doing and happily ask questions to gain information. They behave very well, listening to the staff when they ask them to help to tidy away the toys.
Children are very affectionate towards their key staff, especially when they need some reassurance, and they seek cuddles. Their emotional development is well supported. Children are encouraged to use their words when they get upset to help them regulate their behaviour and explain what they need.
Children make choices about how to spend their day. They are motivated to explore and learn and self-select from resources. Babies marvel as they explore shaving foam, intrigued by the texture. Each room has its own outdoor space, specifically resourced for their children. Children are visibly excited when they are in the gardens. The sand pit is popular with children. They enjoy using diggers and their imaginations. There are opportunities in each space for children to practise climbing as well as developing their fine motor skills by mark making. Older children are growing sunflowers and enjoy watering them and watching them grow.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure that group times are focused on what will make the most difference to children's learning and development.
- 23 May 2022Good
- 3 August 2016Good
- 5 August 2015Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ipswich Private Kindergarten Limited
- 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 £70.50 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.
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