Buttons Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Washington for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £63.00 a day for 0-5 Years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2013, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, minimum 2 days a week, price list dated 1st April 2025.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 Yearsbirth to 5y | £63.00Day | £43.00 | £240.00Week |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £35.00 Depositnot refundable
Funded hours
15 hours per week of funded early education for 38 weeks of the year, extended to 30 hours for three and four year olds; funding for two year olds in certain circumstances.
Worth knowing. Funded hours available during school term-time only; sessions between a minimum of two-and-a-half hours and a maximum of 10 hours in one full day; funded hours can be used over at least three days (if the maximum 15 hours are taken); hours can be shared between a maximum of two childcare providers.
What childcare usually costs in Sunderland
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Sunderland from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
NE37 3HLWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 24 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive full of excitement for the day ahead, eagerly running into the nursery. Staff greet children with smiles and hugs. They develop warm relationships with children. Children put their belongings away and seek out their friends or favourite activities. Staff provide an abundance of interesting and purposeful learning opportunities for children. As a result, children are motivated and naturally enthusiastic to play and learn.
Overall, staff promote children's communication effectively in the nursery. Children talk to staff and their peers with confidence. Children use language to express themselves, saying, for instance, 'I would like more please'. Staff encourage children to use mathematical language in their play. Children count to 10 when drawing pictures of trains. They make connections with various types of transport and relate to their own trip on a 'double-decker bus' Staff encourage children to discuss the shapes they need to make the train and use electronic devices as a useful reference tool.
Staff model and guide children's behaviour through effective teaching and guidance. Children learn how to share resources and take turns when playing with their friends. They display tolerance by respecting other children's choices and space. Children use words such as, 'It is my turn next' and 'please' and 'thank you'
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- give children enough time to process their thoughts and ideas when responding to questions n consider more closely how to adapt group activities to ensure that all children fully engage and benefit from the learning opportunities.
- 24 May 2024Good
- 29 August 2018Good
- 25 April 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Buttons Nursery
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £63.00 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
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