Playdays
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Sutton for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £8.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 1994, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Our current fee is £8.00 per hour , payable each half term.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 Hours Funding for Eligible 2-Year-Olds, 15 Hours Universal Funding for 3-Year-Olds, 30 Hours Working Families Funding for 2, 3 & 4-Year-Olds.
Worth knowing. Eligibility codes must be renewed every 3 months before the renewal deadline. If a code is not renewed on time, parents/carers will become responsible for paying any fees relating to the funded hours used for their child’s attendance.
What childcare usually costs in Sutton
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Sutton 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
SM2 5DAWhat 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, 3 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the setting happily and are warmly welcomed by affectionate staff. The staff make significant efforts to ensure children settle comfortably, including conducting home visits before they start. They gather detailed information to build strong bonds with both the children and their families. This helps to promote children's emotional well-being. Children are eagerly engaged in activities tailored to their individual needs and interests from the outset. Staff acknowledge and embrace each child as a unique individual. As a result, all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make consistent progress.
Parents appreciate the experienced, kind, and caring staff. They note that their children are making particularly good progress in language skills, social skills, and behaviour management. Children show they feel safe and secure by confidently speaking with visitors. Staff serve as positive role models, fostering a friendly and interesting environment. For example, children show curiosity as they work together to find mini beasts in the garden. They eagerly use magnifying glasses and match what they find to displayed pictures. Children are cheerful and keen learners. They are often heard spontaneously singing the nursery rhymes they have learnt while they play.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
n Support staff to provide children with more time to respond to questions and think through their ideas, to extend their learning as fully as possible.
- 3 October 2024Good
- 29 November 2018Good
- 21 February 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Playdays
- Meals
- Nappies
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 £8.00 an hour 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.