Little Angels Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Sunderland for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £70.00 a day for 2-3 year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2023. Open since 2003, with 58 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
50 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 year oldsbirth to 2y | £70.00 | £40.00AM or PM, 5 hrs | – | |
| 2-3 year olds2y to 3y | £70.00 | £40.00AM or PM, 5 hrs | – | |
| 3-4 year olds3y to 4y | £60.00 | £38.00AM or PM, 5 hrs | £120.00Week £156.00Week £218.00Week £228.00Week | |
| 9+ month-olds to 3 years | – | – | £250.00Week £266.00Week |
Funded hours
15 hours for 3-5 year olds, 30 hours for working parents, 15 hours for eligible 2 year olds, 9+ month-olds to 3 years from September 2024.
Worth knowing. For all year round funded children (48 weeks) the last two weeks of August and two weeks at Christmas are funding breaks. This means if you want your child to attend during this time you will have to pay full price.
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
SR3 4ENWhat 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, 4 December 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are very happy, confident and settle quickly. They are fully involved in the learning experiences which staff provide from the moment they arrive. For example, children beam when they greet their friends in the home corner and are welcomed into their play. Other children eagerly join staff to explore exciting activities based around space exploration. Staff help children to learn about the world around them, such as changes in the seasons. For instance, they gather snow and ice from the garden for children to investigate and discuss in group activities.
Children behave well. Staff give consistently clear explanations and deal with any negative behaviour calmly and sensitively. They teach children to be kind and respect each other's differences in age-appropriate ways. Staff encourage sharing and taking turns right from the start. For instance, babies are introduced to turn taking as they sing and play a 'special bag game'.
Staff are excellent role models. They successfully support children's developing selfcare skills and encourage very good hygiene routines. For example, staff introduce toilet training to younger children and encourage them to wash their hands themselves before eating. Older children confidently use the bathroom independently. They know that after blowing their nose they must put their used tissue in the bin, understanding that this reduces the spread of 'germs'. This helps to support children's physical health and well-being very well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to give all children more time to consider their responses to questions, to enable children to extend their communication and thinking skills n extend children's exploration and understanding of how things work to help them to develop their skills and understanding.
- 4 December 2023Good
- 18 January 2023Needs improvement
- 19 April 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Angels Nursery
- Meals
- 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 £70.00 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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