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Nurseries in Bury St. Edmunds

There are 40 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Bury St. Edmunds, and 14 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Bury St. Edmunds

  • Ofsted report cards: 4 settings (10 Strong standard, 14 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 32 settings (6 Outstanding, 26 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Beck Row Pre-School - Pre-school, Bury St. Edmunds IP28 8AF, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 13 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Beck Row Pre-School - Pre-school, Bury St. Edmunds IP28 8AP, 36 places
  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bury St Edmunds - Day nursery, Bury St Edmunds IP33 2GJ, ages 0 to 4, 96 places
    Ofsted, 17 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees Nursery School - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP28 8AA, ages 2 to 4, 111 places
    Ofsted, 13 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Catey Pre- School - Pre-school, Bury St. Edmunds IP30 0LA, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 20 April 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Colourbox Montessori School, Barrow - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP29 5AU, ages 2 to 4
    Ofsted, 7 December 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Colourbox Nest Barrow - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP29 5AN, ages 0 to 1, 12 places
    Ofsted, 5 May 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Colourbox Red Lodge - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP28 8TT, ages 0 to 4, 46 places
    Ofsted, 11 January 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Colourbox@Redwoods - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP29 5BD, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 4 December 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Culford Nursery - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP28 6TX, ages 1 to 3, 14 places
    Ofsted, 10 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Great Barton Pathways - Day nursery, Bury St Edmunds IP31 2RJ, ages 3 to 11, 26 places
    Ofsted, 20 April 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Greenhays Nursery School Ltd - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP28 8LD, ages 0 to 4, 38 places
    Ofsted report card, 30 March 2026: Strong standard in 5 areas, Expected standard in 1 area; safeguarding standards met
  • Guildhall Feoffment Preschool And Nursery - Day nursery, Bury St Edmunds IP33 2BA, ages 0 to 4, 38 places
    Ofsted, 5 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hartest Pre-School - Pre-school, Bury St. Edmunds IP29 4DL, ages 3 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 30 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Horringer Pre-School - Pre-school, Bury St Edmunds IP29 5SB, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 19 September 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kids Play Bury St Edmunds - Day nursery, Bury St Edmunds IP33 3SN, ages 0 to 12, 86 places
    Ofsted, 30 August 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Acorns Childcare, Bury St Edmunds Limited - Pre-school, Bury St. Edmunds IP32 6PX, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted report card, 26 June 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Little Angels Day Care - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP33 3BJ, ages 1 to 10, 38 places
    Ofsted, 14 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Explorers Day Nursery Pakenham - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP31 2NG, ages 0 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 28 April 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Larks Day Nursery - Day nursery, Bury St Edmunds IP29 5ND, ages 0 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted, 21 August 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Parrotts ltd - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP28 8XQ, ages 0 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 10 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Saplings Preschool - Pre-school, Bury St. Edmunds IP29 4QA, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted report card, 20 May 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Little Teapots Pre School - Day nursery, Bury St Edmunds IP29 4UL, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 18 September 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Willows Childcare - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP28 6TS, 28 places
  • Little Willows Pre-school - Pre-school, Bury St Edmunds IP31 3BD, ages 2 to 11, 20 places
    Ofsted, 3 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Moreton Hall Prepcare Nursery - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP32 7BJ, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 12 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • New Horizons Day Care - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP28 7DE, ages 3 to 10, 150 places
    Ofsted, 15 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • New Horizons Day Care LTD - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP28 7DE, ages 0 to 3, 85 places
    Ofsted, 15 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • RAFA Kidz Honington - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP31 1EE, ages 0 to 4, 72 places
    Ofsted, 3 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Risby Preschool and Childcare Services - Pre-school, Bury St Edmunds IP28 6RT, ages 2 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 15 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rougham Acorns And Woodlands Ltd - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP30 9JJ, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 9 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Southgate pre-school - Pre-school, Bury St. Edmunds IP33 2PW, ages 2 to 4, 47 places
    Ofsted, 20 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • South Lee Day Nursery Baby Room - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP33 2BT, ages 0 to 4, 83 places
    Ofsted report card, 21 January 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Springfield Day Nursery - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP33 3AS, ages 1 to 4, 43 places
    Ofsted, 23 November 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stagecoach Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket - Pre-school, Bury St. Edmunds IP32 6RH
  • Street Farm Day Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP30 9HD, ages 0 to 6, 52 places
    Ofsted, 15 August 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Four Bears Den - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP29 5QE
  • Thurston Childcare - Pre-school, Bury St. Edmunds IP31 3RU, ages 0 to 2, 18 places
    Ofsted, 5 July 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Westgate Whirlybirds - Pre-school, Bury St. Edmunds IP33 3JX, ages 2 to 11, 30 places
    Ofsted, 20 April 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • West Row Pre-School - Day nursery, Bury St. Edmunds IP28 8NY, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 10 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Cheerful Champs - St Marys, Mildenhall - Out-of-school club, Bury St. Edmunds IP28 7LR, 40 places
  • Hardwick B & A Club - Out-of-school club, Bury St. Edmunds IP33 2PW, 24 places
  • Norton After School Club - Out-of-school club, Bury St. Edmunds IP31 3LE
  • Premier Education - Barrow site - Out-of-school club, Bury St. Edmunds IP29 5AU, 20 places
  • Premier Education - Howard Academy site - Out-of-school club, Bury St. Edmunds IP32 6SA, 30 places
  • Premier Education - Thurston site - Out-of-school club, Bury St. Edmunds IP31 3FT, 24 places
  • Premier Education - Woolpit Academy site - Out-of-school club, Bury St. Edmunds IP30 9RU, 19 places
  • Premier Wraparound Care at St Christopher's Primary School - Out-of-school club, Bury St. Edmunds IP28 8XQ, 15 places
  • Premier Wraparound Care at The Pines Primary School - Out-of-school club, Bury St. Edmunds IP28 8WL, 20 places
  • Risby Preschool And Childcare Services - Out-of-school club, Bury St. Edmunds IP28 6RT
  • School's Out Activities at South Lee School - Out-of-school club, Bury St. Edmunds IP33 2BT, 55 places
  • Stanton Pre-School - Out-of-school club, Bury St. Edmunds IP31 2AW, 35 places
  • The Hub - Out-of-school club, Bury St. Edmunds IP32 7AY
  • The Willows Horringer - Out-of-school club, Bury St. Edmunds IP29 5SW

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Bury St. Edmunds

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.