Full-day nursery in Stoke Park, Suffolk
The Willows Daycare Limited
The Willows Children's Centre, Magdalene Close, Ipswich, IP2 9UX · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Willows Children's Centre, Magdalene Close, Ipswich, IP2 9UX · More nurseries in IP2
Stations
- Ipswich22 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Magdalene Close, Downing Close and Holyrood Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Stone Lodge Park11 min walk
- Bourne Park12 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground7 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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The Willows Daycare Limited is a full-day nursery at The Willows Children's Centre, Magdalene Close, Ipswich, IP2 9UX, in Stoke Park, Suffolk. It is registered for 46 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- The Willows Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected February 2024 under 0.1 miles
- St Joseph's College ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.2 miles
- Stone Lodge Academy ages 5–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Inadequate; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected January 2025 0.3 miles
- St Mark's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.4 miles
- Halifax Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Gusford Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.6 miles
- The Oaks Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.6 miles
- Sprites Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.9 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 Willows Daycare Limited's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Willows Daycare Limited Outstanding at its inspection on 25 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Willows Daycare Limited take?
The Willows Daycare Limited is registered with Ofsted for up to 46 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to The Willows Daycare Limited?
Ipswich is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact The Willows Daycare Limited?
You can call 01473 601327 and visit www.willowsdaycare.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 November 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY337463 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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