Nurseries in Great Yarmouth
There are 15 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Great Yarmouth, and 1 other childcare setting such as out-of-school clubs.
Inspection grades in Great Yarmouth
- Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (1 Exceptional, 10 Strong standard, 7 Expected standard)
- Ofsted grades before November 2025: 10 settings (10 Good)
Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.
Nurseries and pre-schools
- Busy Bees Day Nursery at Great Yarmouth - Day nursery, Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA, ages 0 to 4, 71 placesOfsted, 14 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Cobholm and Lichfield Childcare Centre - Day nursery, Great Yarmouth NR31 0DW, ages 0 to 4, 78 placesOfsted, 8 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- EA Gymnastics - Great Yarmouth - Day nursery, Great Yarmouth NR31 0LU
- Little Explorers Forest School Nursery - Day nursery, Great Yarmouth NR29 3AG, ages 2 to 4, 24 placesOfsted report card, 11 March 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
- Little Squirrels Play Forest at Priory - Day nursery, Great Yarmouth NR30 1NW, ages 2 to 4, 68 placesOfsted, 8 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Little Squirrels Play Forest at Seagulls - Day nursery, Great Yarmouth NR31 7BP, ages 1 to 4, 62 placesOfsted, 2 February 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- PARK PLAYGROUP - Day nursery, Great Yarmouth NR30 1NW, ages 2 to 4, 24 placesOfsted, 23 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Penguin Pre-School - Day nursery, Great Yarmouth NR30 4DB, ages 2 to 4, 36 placesOfsted, 23 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Rascal's Day Nursery - Day nursery, Great Yarmouth NR31 7BU, ages 1 to 4, 35 placesOfsted, 4 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Scribbles Day Nursery Beacon Park - Day nursery, Great Yarmouth NR31 7BB, ages 0 to 4, 102 placesOfsted, 30 June 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Scribbles Day Nursery (Gorleston) - Day nursery, Great Yarmouth NR31 6NE, ages 1 to 4, 129 placesOfsted report card, 17 June 2026: Exceptional in 1 area, Strong standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
- Scribbles Day Nursery (Gorleston) Ltd - Day nursery, Great Yarmouth NR31 6RR, ages 0 to 2, 72 placesOfsted report card, 16 April 2026: Strong standard in 5 areas, Expected standard in 1 area; safeguarding standards met
- StaynPlay Day Care - Day nursery, Great Yarmouth NR31 0NX, ages 0 to 8, 130 placesOfsted, 28 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- St Nicholas Children's Centre - Day nursery, Great Yarmouth NR30 1NN, ages 0 to 4, 62 placesOfsted, 30 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Sunbeams Community Hub - Day nursery, Great Yarmouth NR31 0NU
Out-of-school clubs and other childcare
- DPA Performing Arts Academy - Out-of-school club, Great Yarmouth NR31 6NE
Nursery groups with settings here
- Scribbles Day Nursery (Gorleston) Ltd (3 here)
- Little Squirrels Play Forest Limited (2 here)
- Busy Bees Nurseries Limited (1 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 Great Yarmouth
- Schools in Great Yarmouth
- Caister Infant With Nursery School - Primary
- Caister Junior School - Primary
- Catfield CofE Primary Academy - Primary
- Cobholm Primary Academy - Primary
- Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy - Primary
- Filby Primary School - Primary
- Fleggburgh CofE Primary School - Primary
- Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery - Primary
- Hemsby Primary School - Primary
- Hillside Primary School - Primary
- Homefield VC CofE Primary School - Primary
- Hopton Church of England Primary Academy - Primary
Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.