Full-day nursery in Gas Hill, Norfolk
Spring Thorpe Hamlet
63 Wolfe Road, Norwich, NR1 4HT · 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 August 2017Reference EY550380Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 15 March 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places56 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 30 April 2026Food 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
63 Wolfe Road, Norwich, NR1 4HT · More nurseries in NR1
Stations
- Norwich15 min walk · 0.6 miles
Parks and playgrounds
- Ketts Heights5 min walk
- Woodrow Pilling Park8 min walk
- Old Library Wood12 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.
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Spring Thorpe Hamlet is a full-day nursery at 63 Wolfe Road, Norwich, NR1 4HT, in Gas Hill, Norfolk. It is registered for 56 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Action For Children Developments Limited.
Run by Action For Children Developments Limited (company), which runs 22 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Thorpe HamletThis 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
- Lionwood Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Lionwood Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected July 2025 0.3 miles
- Charles Darwin Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.7 miles
- Mousehold Infant & Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected November 2024 0.7 miles
- Heartsease Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2023 0.7 miles
- Norwich School ages 3–18has a nursery class 0.8 miles
- George White Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.8 miles
- St William's Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.9 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 Spring Thorpe Hamlet's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Spring Thorpe Hamlet Good at its inspection on 15 March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Spring Thorpe Hamlet take?
Spring Thorpe Hamlet is registered with Ofsted for up to 56 children at any one time.
Who runs Spring Thorpe Hamlet?
Spring Thorpe Hamlet is run by Action For Children Developments Limited, which runs 22 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Spring Thorpe Hamlet?
Norwich is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 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
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY550380 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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