Full-day nursery in Great Finborough, Suffolk
Great Finborough & Buxhall Under 5's
Pettiward Hall, Great Finborough, Stowmarket, IP14 3AE · 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
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Pettiward Hall, Great Finborough, Stowmarket, IP14 3AE · More nurseries in IP14
Buses
2 bus stops within 400 m, including Post Office.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground4 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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Great Finborough & Buxhall Under 5's is a full-day nursery at Pettiward Hall, Great Finborough, Stowmarket, IP14 3AE, in Great Finborough, Suffolk. It is registered for 25 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Finborough School ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.2 miles
- Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.2 miles
- Wood Ley Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 1.6 miles
- Grace Cook Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 1.8 miles
- Stowmarket High School Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 1.6 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 Great Finborough & Buxhall Under 5's's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Great Finborough & Buxhall Under 5's Good at its inspection on 23 May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Great Finborough & Buxhall Under 5's take?
Great Finborough & Buxhall Under 5's is registered with Ofsted for up to 25 children at any one time.
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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 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 251497 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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