Stowupland Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Stowupland for children from birth to 8+, open 08:30 to 16:00, 5 days a week. £5.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2017, with 27 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £5.00Lunch Club £21.90Afternoon or Morning, 3 hrs |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.00 a session consumable fee per sessionfunded 2,3 and 4 year olds
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 funded hours per week OR 30 funded hours per week (if eligible) for children aged 3 and 4; two year old funding of 30 hours is not universal.
Worth knowing. Consumable fee per session of £2 per session for funded 2,3 and 4 year olds.
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
IP14 4BQWhat 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, 27 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children happily enter this inviting and inclusive pre-school that they thrive in.
Children are very well behaved and frequently play cooperatively with their peers.
Staff are nurturing and always respond attentively to children's individual needs.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff build on the already good teaching and support children's speech and language development to an even higher level.
- 27 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 12 March 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Stowupland Pre-School
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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 £5.00 a session 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.