Full-day nursery in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Kids Play Bury St Edmunds
Newmarket Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3SN · 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.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Newmarket Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3SN · More nurseries in IP33
Stations
- Bury St Edmunds23 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Hutton Close, Car Park and Denham Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Gainsborough Recreation Ground8 min walk
- Grove Park Community Gardens9 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground9 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.
What parents say
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Kids Play Bury St Edmunds is a full-day nursery at Newmarket Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3SN, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. It is registered for 86 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 5 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Kids Play Ltd..
Run by Kids Play Ltd. (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kids Play Bury St EdmundsThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Guildhall Feoffment Preschool And NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.3 miles |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bury St EdmundsFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.5 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Sexton's Manor Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected March 2024 0.4 miles
- Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.8 miles
- Howard Community Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 0.8 miles
- Tollgate Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.9 miles
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 1.1 miles
- Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 1.1 miles
- Priory School ages 5–19Ofsted: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)inspected June 2024 1.5 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 Kids Play Bury St Edmunds's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Kids Play Bury St Edmunds Good at its inspection on 30 August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Kids Play Bury St Edmunds take?
Kids Play Bury St Edmunds is registered with Ofsted for up to 86 children at any one time.
Who runs Kids Play Bury St Edmunds?
Kids Play Bury St Edmunds is run by Kids Play Ltd., which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Kids Play Bury St Edmunds?
Bury St Edmunds is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Kids Play Bury St Edmunds?
You can call 0330 333 1080 and visit familyfirstnurseries.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY501061 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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