Robins Childcare
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Ipswich for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £92.00 a day for 3 months - 2 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 2009, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Full day 7.45am to 6.00pm: £92.00
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
9 months to 4 years, 30 hours funding for 38 weeks, stretch funding through holidays.
Worth knowing. Government funding does not cover meals or enhanced childcare. Enhanced childcare charge is voluntary, includes nappies, wipes, nappy cream, suncream, forest school, kitchen expenses, lower ratios for local walks, outings, online learning journey (Famly).
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
IP9 2EGWhat 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, 22 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff deliver a well-planned curriculum, covering all areas of learning. The curriculum encourages children's curiosity, creating awe and wonder. Children feel confident and secure. They understand what happens at nursery because routines are embedded. Children experience equally rich learning opportunities to explore and experiment outside, as well as indoors.
Staff deliver large-group activities very well. They use these times to encourage children to listen, follow instructions and to practise speaking. Staff capture and maintain children's interests. If children become distracted, staff skilfully use '1, 2,
3 eyes on me' to refocus the children. Staff use different resources as they talk to the children about the Big Garden Birdwatch. They explain about the wide range of exciting 'bird related' activities in which the children can take part. Children have great fun searching for the hidden birds, naming them, and finding out what type of birdsong they make. Staff support children to explore mathematical concepts.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen arrangements for supervision in order to fully focus on enhancing staff's skills and abilities to the highest level n help staff to gain further knowledge of how to best support children with SEND
and/or speech and language delay, to close gaps in learning as swiftly as possible and help children make as much progress as they can.
- 22 January 2024Good
- 7 February 2023Needs improvement
- 7 June 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Robins Childcare
- 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 £92.00 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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