Outstanding
108 placesSR2 7BX0191 514 0653
North East
Childcare in Sunderland
118 registered providers with 2,393 places, down 3.0% since December 2021.
46day nurseries
66childminders
2after-school clubs
42newly registered since 2021
70.8%rated Good or better
80closed since 2021
Childminders are disappearing here. Numbers are down 34.0% since December 2021, against a national fall of about 24%.
Towns
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Highest rated
Settings across the council
The sixty largest and best-rated. Childminders are not named, because Ofsted withholds them.
Outstanding
72 placesNE37 2DU01914162550
Outstanding
72 placesSR4 9AX01915341004
Outstanding
63 placesDH5 8AE0191 5848004
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53 placesNE37 1UA0191 418 7122
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52 placesDH5 8AE0191 584 6655
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47 placesSR5 3QH0191 5480170
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36 placesDH4 7RT01915008707
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34 placesSR2 0RY01915612381
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25 placesDH5 0AH0191 553 6698
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6 placesSR3 2PJ01915220505
Good
117 placesSR2 0LW0191 523 9919
Good
98 placesNE38 8NW01138 268376
Good
90 placesSR3 3UY0191 520 0600
Good
82 placesSR5 1NW0191 5485888
Good
75 placesSR5 1PZ0191 5499075
Good
63 placesSR2 7TW0191 565 2549
Good
60 placesSR2 7HH0191 5110607
Good
58 placesSR3 4EN0191 3804073
Good
55 placesNE37 1HA0191 4171113
Good
54 placesSR5 3XJ01915489000
Good
50 placesNE37 3HL01914192442
Good
50 placesSR2 7SU0191 500 1911
Good
46 placesSR5 4LW0191 537 3231
Good
43 placesSR5 2TA0191 5166455
Report card Dec 2025
43 placesSR5 2JX0191 5618268
Good
37 placesSR5 1SU07897471974
Good
35 placesDH4 6LX0191 3854333
Report card Nov 2025
34 placesNE37 2TE0191 4151849
Good
30 placesSR4 8HW01915284092
Good
30 placesDH4 6HL0191 5005959
Good
26 placesSR4 6AD0191 5155334
Good
20 placesSR4 6SD0191 5101490
Good
14 placesSR3 1AT07511027689
Needs improvement
26 placesSR4 7AF07725977428
Not yet inspected
132 placesSR1 1PG0191 514 0411
Not yet inspected
78 placesDH5 9PG0191 520 8613
Not yet inspected
74 placesSR5 2LR07359108600
Not yet inspected
73 placesSR3 4AW0191 528 5951
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72 placesDH5 9DG0191 5616618
Not yet inspected
58 placesSR4 9AR07511027689
Report card Jun 2026
42 placesSR5 5QL0191 5488000
Not yet inspected
30 placesNE38 0HL07540222091
Report card Jun 2026
24 placesNE37 2SY07727120337
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6 placesSR2 7LA01915100726
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SR1 2AQ07867474330
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SR1 3PZ0191 5677495
Not yet inspected
SR3 1AT07511027689
No longer open
Settings that have closed
Worked out by comparing consecutive Ofsted releases; the closure falls in the six months before the date shown.
| Setting | Town | Places it had | Last rating | Gone by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School Tavistock House | Sunderland | 136 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Apple Blossom Day Nursery | Sunderland | 93 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School Hetton | Houghton Le Spring | 76 | Outstanding | Jun 2026 |
| Community Kids Club @ Hudson Road | Sunderland | 60 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Community Kids Club CIC | Sunderland | 43 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Little Jems | Houghton Le Spring | 20 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| St Marys Childcare Centre | Sunderland | 37 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Buttercups Day Nursery | Sunderland | 36 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Playtime Paradise Wraparound @ St Bedes | Washington | 30 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Stagecoach Performing Arts Washington | Washington | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| CNS Sports Stars - Hetton | Houghton Le Spring | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Kids Planet Ettrick Grove | Sunderland | 88 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Community Kids Club CIC | Sunderland | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Redby Out Of School Club | Sunderland | 35 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Redby Out of School Club | Sunderland | 30 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Hearts & Minds, Easington Lane Youth Support Services | Houghton Le Spring | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| ABC Child Care | Sunderland | 60 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| Bright Stars Nursery | Sunderland | 32 | Outstanding | Dec 2023 |
| Thorney Close Early Education Centre | Sunderland | 102 | Good | Jun 2023 |
| Ashbrooke Day Nursery | Sunderland | 60 | Good | Jun 2023 |
| Stagecoach Washington | Washington | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School | Sunderland | 136 | Outstanding | Dec 2022 |
| Ryhope Early Days Nursery | Sunderland | 58 | Inadequate | Dec 2022 |
| Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School | Houghton Le Spring | 30 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Usworth Colliery Nursery Childcare | Washington | 5 | Good | Dec 2022 |