Sessional pre-school in Mile Cross, Norfolk
The Heathers Nursery
Bracken Avenue, Norwich, NR6 6LS · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Bracken Avenue, Norwich, NR6 6LS · More nurseries in NR6
Parks and playgrounds
- Mountfield Park4 min walk
- Meadow Way Recreation Ground9 min walk
- Bowers Avenue Park12 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
© 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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The Heathers Nursery is a sessional pre-school at Bracken Avenue, Norwich, NR6 6LS, in Mile Cross, Norfolk. It is registered for 44 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Heather Avenue Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Firside Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Kinsale Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.6 miles
- Kinsale Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.6 miles
- Catton Grove Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.6 miles
- Mile Cross Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.6 miles
- Hall School ages 3–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected April 2024 0.9 miles
- Arden Grove Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 1.0 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 The Heathers Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Heathers Nursery Good at its inspection on 11 July 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Heathers Nursery take?
The Heathers Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 44 children at any one time.
How do I contact The Heathers Nursery?
You can call 01603 485371 and visit theheathersnursery.co.uk.
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 257937 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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