Seedlings Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Norwich for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2013, with 56 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
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
NR5 9PRWhat 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.
- 6 October 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 8 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle quickly in this nurturing nursery environment. They have warm relationships with staff and excitedly greet them as they arrive. Staff encourage children to develop their independence. For instance, children of all ages confidently self-serve their lunch and know to wash their hands when they come in from the garden. Children have good behaviour and learn how to share and take turns. Staff model the use of manners exceptionally well. Children confidently use sign language to say 'thank you' when receiving their snack and say 'excuse me' as they navigate around their peers.
Children have access to a wide range of resources and well-thought-out activities that suit their individual needs and interests. For example, children mix paint into a salad spinner and eagerly watch the patterns that it makes on their paper as they turn the handle. Staff read stories with enthusiasm and a sense of wonder. Babies look at books independently and follow the story with their finger. Older children snuggle up to staff and retell stories they know well. Children choose a book from the lending library to take home and share with their family. This supports children to develop a love for books from an early age.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the curriculum to help include opportunities for supporting children's understanding of online safety n strengthen the support provided to staff to further develop their teaching practices so that they can enable more opportunities for older children to be deeply engaged in their play and develop high levels of concentration.
- 8 March 2023Good
- 22 August 2017Good
- 24 April 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Seedlings Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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