Full-day nursery in Westbourne, Suffolk
Early Years @ Highfield - Whitehouse
Early Years At Highfield Whitehouse, Waterford Road, Ipswich, IP1 5NW · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Early Years At Highfield Whitehouse, Waterford Road, Ipswich, IP1 5NW · More nurseries in IP1
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Kildare Avenue, Co-Op Shops and Bramford Lane.
Parks and playgrounds
- Whitehouse Recreation Ground5 min walk
- Bramford Lane Recration Ground6 min walk
- Whitton Recreation Ground12 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © 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 Suffolk there are about 3.5 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.
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Early Years @ Highfield - Whitehouse is a full-day nursery at Early Years At Highfield Whitehouse, Waterford Road, Ipswich, IP1 5NW, in Westbourne, Suffolk. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Highfield Children's Centre.
Run by Highfield Children's Centre (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early Years @ Highfield - WhitehouseThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Whitehouse Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy ages 3–16has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2021 0.5 miles
- The Beeches Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2023 0.5 miles
- Highfield Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected May 2024 0.5 miles
- St Pancras Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.5 miles
- Springfield Infant School and Nursery Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.8 miles
- Springfield Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.8 miles
- Castle Hill Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.9 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 Early Years @ Highfield - Whitehouse's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Early Years @ Highfield - Whitehouse Outstanding at its inspection on 23 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Early Years @ Highfield - Whitehouse take?
Early Years @ Highfield - Whitehouse is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
Who runs Early Years @ Highfield - Whitehouse?
Early Years @ Highfield - Whitehouse is run by Highfield Children's Centre, which runs 2 nurseries.
How do I contact Early Years @ Highfield - Whitehouse?
You can call 01473 748483 and visit www.highfield.suffolk.sch.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY547833 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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