Soul Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Norwich for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 2013, with 65 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 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
NR7 9NTWhat 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.
- 23 November 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 19 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children happily arrive at this friendly, caring nursery. Staff make them feel welcome and support them to explore the activities on offer. This helps children to settle quickly. Babies shake musical toys and crawl around carefully considered spaces. Toddlers play with pretend ocean creatures and go off to find toy sharks to add into their game. Pre-school children paint their own pictures on sheets of foil.
Children have great fun as they learn and play. As a result, they make good progress. For example, toddlers giggle and clap as they join in with action songs.
Older children explore cause and effect as they fill containers, using pipettes. They laugh when water squirts out quickly. Children enjoy the sensory experience of playing with shaving foam. They immerse their hands into the mixture and celebrate when they find hidden objects.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen partnerships with parents and support them with ways to extend their children's learning at home n support children's language development further by modelling the correct pronunciation of words and phrases.
- 19 October 2022Good
- 23 January 2017Good
- 5 November 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Soul Nursery
- 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.
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