Full-day nursery in Gainsborough, Suffolk
Little Learners Nursery
Landseer Play Centre, Hogarth Road, IPSWICH, IP3 0EY · 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.
Official records
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Landseer Play Centre, Hogarth Road, IPSWICH, IP3 0EY · More nurseries in IP3
Stations
- Derby Road (Ipswich)23 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
17 bus stops within 400 m, including Landseer Park, All Hallows and Bonnington Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Landseer Park1 min walk
- Pipers Vale8 min walk
- Orwell Country Park10 min walk
- Murray Recreation Ground11 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground8 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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Little Learners Nursery is a full-day nursery at Landseer Play Centre, Hogarth Road, IPSWICH, IP3 0EY, in Gainsborough, Suffolk. It is registered for 64 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Bows and Arrows.
Run by Bows and Arrows (company), which runs 7 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- First Base Ipswich Academy ages 3–8has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.1 miles
- Piper's Vale Primary - A Paradigm Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2022 0.2 miles
- Murrayfield Primary - A Paradigm Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.4 miles
- Morland Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.5 miles
- Cliff Lane Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2024 0.6 miles
- Rose Hill Primary Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.9 miles
- Ravenswood Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery class 0.9 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 1.2 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 Little Learners Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Learners Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 22 May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Learners Nursery take?
Little Learners Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 64 children at any one time.
Who runs Little Learners Nursery?
Little Learners Nursery is run by Bows and Arrows, which runs 7 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Little Learners Nursery?
Derby Road (Ipswich) is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
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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 EY463846 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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