Rainbow Bright Day Care
Good★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Ipswich for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 January 2025. Open since 2000, with 43 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 4QSWhat 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, 20 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy their time in this friendly nursery. Upon arrival, children are welcomed with a smile from the genuinely caring staff who know them well. Staff have high regard for helping new babies settle smoothly. Babies begin to feel safe and secure as staff respond calmly and attentively to their individual needs.
Children snuggle into staff for comfort and reassurance, demonstrating the swift and trusting bonds they are making with them.
Staff provide plenty of focused activities to ensure children develop the skills necessary to be ready for school. Staff talk about first aid, during fun experiences such as practising putting on plasters. This helps children become more risk aware and gives them more confidence to practise basic care and help others.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- focus more closely on supporting staff to strengthen their reflective practice to improve on their existing good teaching n review routines throughout the nursery to increase staff's focus on supporting all children in their learning, particularly at times of transition n consider collaborative working with staff more closely when implementing changes to environments to minimise disruption in children's purposeful play.
- 20 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 1 March 2019Good
- 11 June 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Rainbow Bright Day Care
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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