Full-day nursery in California, Suffolk
Little Acorns Pre School
140 Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, IP4 4JD · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since January 1997Reference 251558Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 1 July 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places30 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 24 September 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
140 Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, IP4 4JD · More nurseries in IP4
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Sidegate Avenue, Stradbroke Road and Sidegate Lane.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Cherry Lane Playground11 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground12 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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Little Acorns Pre School is a full-day nursery at 140 Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, IP4 4JD, in California, Suffolk. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.0 from 2 reviews (November 2026).
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| Little Acorns Pre SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Sidegate Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 under 0.1 miles
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected February 2024 0.3 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected March 2024 0.4 miles
- Rushmere Hall Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected January 2024 0.5 miles
- Clifford Community Primary School & Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected November 2024 0.7 miles
- St Helen's Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.8 miles
- Britannia Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.9 miles
- St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected May 2024 1.0 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Little Acorns Pre School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Acorns Pre School Good at its inspection on 1 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Acorns Pre School take?
Little Acorns Pre School is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Acorns Pre School?
Derby Road (Ipswich) is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Acorns Pre School?
You can call 01473 399093 and visit littleacorns-ipswich.org.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 251558 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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