Tiddlywinks Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Eye for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £8.55 an hour for under the age of 2, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 2003, with 54 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the age of 2birth to 2y | – | £8.55Under the age of 2 | |
| Age 2-52y to 5y | – | £7.90Age 2-5 | |
| All ages | £8.70Tea Club, 1 hrs | – |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.55 a day 9month-5year olds who are funded over lunchtime
Funded hours
Government funding for children aged 9 months to 4 years old (whose parent(s) work); Government funding for 2 year olds (whose parents receive some form of government support); All children aged 3 and 4 years are entitled to 15 FREE hours per week.
Worth knowing. 9month-5year olds who are funded over lunchtime:£2.55/day. Government Funding cannot be used to pay for Tea Club.
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
IP21 5PYWhat 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, 16 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
When children arrive at nursery, they confidently separate from their parents and carers. Staff demonstrate genuine care and affection for children and support their well-being effectively. Children's behaviour is good. Staff engage children in conversations about their feelings. This helps children understand how to express themselves and to recognise how their friends may be feeling. For example, children ask why other children are crying. Staff explain they feel sad but are being helped to feel happy again.
Staff focus on supporting children's independence. Babies know which drinks cup is their as they learn to recognise it by colour. Staff label older children's belongings with their name, photo and a coloured shape. As children develop, staff remove the shape and photograph, encouraging children to rely on reading their name.
This promotes children's literacy as well as independence as they take ownership of their belongings.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review staff deployment at mealtimes so that children are supported more effectively to learn about good hygiene practice n support staff to review children's learning opportunities to enable the more quiet children to fully participate.
- 16 October 2024Good
- 17 December 2018Good
- 29 July 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Tiddlywinks Nursery
- 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 £8.55 an hour 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.