Full-day nursery in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Little Squirrels Play Forest at Priory
The Priory Centre, Priory Plain, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1NW · 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Priory Centre, Priory Plain, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1NW · More nurseries in NR30
Stations
- Great Yarmouth8 min walk · 0.3 miles
Parks and playgrounds
- Saint George's Park8 min walk
- The Venetian Waterways12 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 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 Norfolk there are about 3.9 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 Squirrels Play Forest at Priory is a full-day nursery at The Priory Centre, Priory Plain, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1NW, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It is registered for 68 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 9 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Little Squirrels Play Forest Limited.
Run by Little Squirrels Play Forest Limited (company), which runs 4 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Squirrels Play Forest at PrioryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| PARK PLAYGROUPFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | under 0.1 miles |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Northgate Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.5 miles
- Cobholm Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.6 miles
- St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great Yarmouth Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.6 miles
- Southtown Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.8 miles
- Bure Park Specialist Academy ages 5–16Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.9 miles
- Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.9 miles
- Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.1 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 Squirrels Play Forest at Priory's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Squirrels Play Forest at Priory Good at its inspection on 8 March 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Squirrels Play Forest at Priory take?
Little Squirrels Play Forest at Priory is registered with Ofsted for up to 68 children at any one time.
Who runs Little Squirrels Play Forest at Priory?
Little Squirrels Play Forest at Priory is run by Little Squirrels Play Forest Limited, which runs 4 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Little Squirrels Play Forest at Priory?
Great Yarmouth is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Squirrels Play Forest at Priory?
You can call 01493 842424 and visit little-squirrels.com.
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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 2656049 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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