High View Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Sunderland for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £45.40 a day for 2-5 Years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2022. Open since 2002, with 75 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 Yearsbirth to 2y | £48.40 | £29.30Half day am or Half day pm, 6 hrs | £231.00Full Time five days per week | |
| 2-5 Years2y to 5y | £45.40 | £27.00Half day am or Half day pm, 6 hrs | £217.00Full Time five days per week |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.00 a session Pm sessionfunded childcare sessions, includes afternoon tea and snack
- £3.00 a session Am sessionfunded childcare sessions, includes breakfast, morning snack and lunch
- £5.00 a day Full dayfunded childcare sessions, includes all meals and snacks
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours funded entitlement, free childcare for children from 9 months, two year olds free early education.
Worth knowing. Separate charge for meals and snacks for funded sessions for children over 1 year. Hours can be used from 7am – 6pm, a day.
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
SR5 1PZWhat 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, 12 April 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and have warm relationships with staff. Older children come into nursery eager to tell staff what they have been doing at home. Younger children show they feel safe as they wave and clap when they are greeted warmly by familiar adults. Staff support children's independence well. For example, all children are encouraged to select their own activities and resources. Older children are encouraged to sit in small groups and serve themselves during mealtimes.
Children have fun using their imagination. They excitedly use the blocks to make a bridge for the cars and trucks. Staff ask questions such as, 'I wonder what will happen if you put more blocks in there?' This encourages children to solve problems and think creatively. Children love to sing and listen to music. Staff skilfully use resources to help children to make choices and take part during singing time. For example, they offer spoons with pictures on which represent different songs. Children choose a spoon and excitedly shout out the name of the song.
Younger children are offered additional resources to hold, such as soft toys to help them concentrate. Staff provide opportunities for children to develop good communication and language skills. For example, staff reinforce and model new words when they talk about the 'crunchy' prawn crackers at lunchtime. They use mathematical language when children build tall towers and count out the blocks while doing so.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - strengthen partnerships with other providers to support greater continuity and consistency in children's learning n build on staff's understanding of the curriculum to sharpen their focus on the skills children need to learn, to maximise their learning.
- 12 April 2022Good
- 16 January 2017Good
- 10 September 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for High View 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 £45.40 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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