Full-day nursery in Roman Hill, Suffolk
Rainbow Day Nursery
Love Road, Lowestoft, NR32 2NY · 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 September 2015Reference EY494119Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 30 April 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places48 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 10 December 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
Love Road, Lowestoft, NR32 2NY · More nurseries in NR32
Stations
- Lowestoft11 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Roman Hill Primary School, East Coast College and Tudor Rose.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Bleach playground9 min walk
- Playground9 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 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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Rainbow Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Love Road, Lowestoft, NR32 2NY, in Roman Hill, Suffolk. It is registered for 48 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.2 from 6 reviews (October 2026).
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| Rainbow Day NurseryThis 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
- Roman Hill Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.1 miles
- St Margaret's Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.4 miles
- Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2022 0.4 miles
- Poplars Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.6 miles
- Include Suffolk ages 5–12 0.6 miles
- Red Oak Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected May 2023 0.9 miles
- Horizon School ages 4–16Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2023 0.9 miles
- Woods Loke Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected April 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 Rainbow Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Rainbow Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 30 April 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Rainbow Day Nursery take?
Rainbow Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 48 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Rainbow Day Nursery?
Lowestoft is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Rainbow Day Nursery?
You can call 01502 562281 and visit rainbowdaynursery.org.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 October 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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY494119 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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