Full-day nursery in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
St Nicholas Children's Centre
83 St. Nicholas Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1NN · 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 2005Reference EY311395Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 30 January 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places62 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 2 May 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
83 St. Nicholas Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1NN · More nurseries in NR30
Stations
- Great Yarmouth11 min walk · 0.4 miles
Parks and playgrounds
- Saint George's Park6 min walk
- The Venetian Waterways11 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 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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St Nicholas Children's Centre is a full-day nursery at 83 St. Nicholas Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1NN, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It is registered for 62 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Nicholas Children's CentreThis 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
- St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2024 0.1 miles
- St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great Yarmouth Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.5 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 0.6 miles
- Cobholm Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.7 miles
- Southtown Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.8 miles
- Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.9 miles
- Bure Park Specialist Academy ages 5–16Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 1.0 miles
- Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 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 St Nicholas Children's Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Nicholas Children's Centre Good at its inspection on 30 January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St Nicholas Children's Centre take?
St Nicholas Children's Centre is registered with Ofsted for up to 62 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to St Nicholas Children's Centre?
Great Yarmouth is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 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 EY311395 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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