Full-day nursery in Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk
Acorn Preschool
Vane Close, Norwich, NR7 0US · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
Vane Close, Norwich, NR7 0US · More nurseries in NR7
Parks and playgrounds
- Tree Plantation11 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
© OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Norfolk there are about 3.9 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Acorn Preschool is a full-day nursery at Vane Close, Norwich, NR7 0US, in Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk. It is registered for 26 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (October 2026).
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| Acorn PreschoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Dussindale Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School, Thorpe Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.5 miles
- St William's Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 1.1 miles
- Heartsease Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2023 1.6 miles
- Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.4 miles
- The Open Academy Secondaryages 11–19Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 1.8 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Acorn Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Acorn Preschool Good at its inspection on 14 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Acorn Preschool take?
Acorn Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 26 children at any one time.
How do I contact Acorn Preschool?
You can call 01603 436934 and visit www.acornpreschool.org.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 October 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY360037 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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