Orchidale Children's Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Norwich for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £13.50 an hour for 0-2, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 2015, with 75 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-2birth to 2y | £13.50extra hours above funded hours | |
| 2-32y to 3y | £10.00extra hours above funded hours | |
| 3-53y to 5y | £7.50extra hours above funded hours |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours for 3-4 year olds, 30 hours for working parents of 9 months to 5 years.
Worth knowing. 15 hours stretched to 11.18 hours weekly across the year; 30 hours stretched to 22.36 hours per week; 30 hours requires parents to work 16+ hours per week.
What childcare usually costs in Norfolk
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Norfolk 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
NR8 6HTWhat 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, 9 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children have built exceptional bonds with staff and flourish in their care. They arrive happy and are excited to learn at this nurturing home-from-home setting.
Children benefit from highly stimulating and exciting activities. They take part in daily yoga sessions to help support well-being and build on their physical skills.
Children express their interests with confidence and decide what they would like to play with each day. They are inquisitive learners and actively explore the wide range of resources and learning opportunities that are available to them. For instance, children use measuring tapes to measure themselves and the equipment in the nursery. This supports children's growing interest in early mathematics.
- 9 June 2022Outstanding
- 19 August 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Orchidale Children's Nursery
- Nappies
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 £13.50 an hour 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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