My Sunflowers Day Nursery Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Gloucester for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £46.50 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2016, with 32 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £46.50 | £26.00MORNING SESSION or AFTERNOON SESSION, 5 hrs | £6.00RATE |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.00 to £6.00 a session MEAL RATES FOR SESSIONSper morning or afternoon session, includes BREAKFAST, MORNING SNACK, COOKED LUNCH AND
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Government funded sessions also available for children of 9months onwards where parents qualify. We offer the 15 hours funded sessions as well as the 30 hours funded sessions. Funded hours are used on an all year round basis.
Worth knowing. MEALS ARE NOT INCLUDED WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT FUNDED HOURS AND ARE CHARGED AT A SESSION RATE. ADDITIONAL HOURS ABOVE FUNDED HOURS ARE CHARGED AT HOURLY RATE. PACKED LUNCH FROM HOME MAY BE PROVIDED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE MEALS PROVIDED BY THE SETTING.
What childcare usually costs in Gloucestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Gloucestershire 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
GL1 3BSWhat 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.
- 22 October 2021 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 11 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children receive a warm welcome from the friendly, caring staff. They show that they are settled and happy. Staff respond sensitively to children's needs. Babies gain confidence to explore, investigate and develop their physical skills, knowing staff are close by to offer reassuring cuddles as needed. Staff successfully plan and implement a curriculum that helps children of all ages make good progress in their learning from their individual starting points. They receive good support to develop confident communication skills. Staff provide a narrative for babies' play and use songs and rhymes effectively to introduce sounds and words. They respond quickly to nonverbal communication to ensure that children's individual needs are met.
Older children hold conversations, ask questions and recall past experiences.
Children preparing to move on to school gain the skills they need. They are confident, motivated to learn and independent. Staff encourage children to become independent from a young age. For example, children aged two years find their drinks bottles, collect aprons for art activities and help to tidy away resources.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support and coach staff more effectively to raise the quality of teaching to enhance children's learning and development n provide pre-school children with greater challenge during self-chosen play to effectively build on what they already know and can do n help children to develop an understanding of other cultures, families and communities beyond their own.
- 11 November 2024Good
- 8 February 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for My Sunflowers Day Nursery Ltd
- 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 £46.50 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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