Sessional pre-school in Stowmarket, Suffolk
St Peter And St Mary's Pre-school
St Mary's Community Centre, Silverdale Avenue, Stowmarket, IP14 1LS · 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 January 1975Reference 251655Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 8 February 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places24 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 17 March 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
St Mary's Community Centre, Silverdale Avenue, Stowmarket, IP14 1LS · More nurseries in IP14
Stations
- Stowmarket16 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Lydgate Road, Kings Mead Road and Kingsmead Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Stowmarket Recreation Ground5 min walk
- Chilton Fields11 min walk
- Brooke Way Park12 min walk
- Playground6 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.
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St Peter And St Mary's Pre-school is a sessional pre-school at St Mary's Community Centre, Silverdale Avenue, Stowmarket, IP14 1LS, in Stowmarket, Suffolk. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter And St Mary's Pre-schoolThis 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
- Chilton Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.2 miles
- Wood Ley Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.3 miles
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.6 miles
- Grace Cook Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.6 miles
- Cedars Park Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.2 miles
- Combs Ford Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected February 2025 1.2 miles
- Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 1.4 miles
- Finborough School ages 2–19has a nursery class 1.8 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 St Peter And St Mary's Pre-school's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Peter And St Mary's Pre-school Good at its inspection on 8 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St Peter And St Mary's Pre-school take?
St Peter And St Mary's Pre-school is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to St Peter And St Mary's Pre-school?
Stowmarket is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact St Peter And St Mary's Pre-school?
You can call 07803 290272.
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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 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 251655 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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