Playdays 4 Kidz C.I.C
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Sunderland for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2011, with 30 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
SR4 8HWWhat 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, 16 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy their time at this friendly, welcoming setting. They benefit from warm interactions from nurturing, caring staff. Babies seek out their key worker for cuddles and reassurance. This helps to develop their confidence and raise their self-esteem. Babies crawl to find their favourite toys and pull themselves up to stand on equipment. Staff encourage them to shake and rattle musical instruments as they sing familiar songs. This sensory experience fascinates babies and promotes their listening skills and concentration.
Children play outdoors every day. Younger children roll and throw small balls to each other. Older children throw bean bags at felt-shaped targets. Staff encourage children to name the shapes as they throw. This helps to develop their coordination and early mathematical skills. Overall, children's behaviour is good. Managers and staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. Children are courteous and say 'please' and 'thank you' without prompting.
Children demonstrate a positive attitude towards their learning as they become fully engrossed in activities. For example, children concentrate as they adjust the height of wooden planks to see how fast they can send bangles and cars down in different ways. Children spend time developing their creative ideas as they explore paint, sand and slime. This helps to develop children's creativity and hand-to-eye coordination.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the planning for children's next steps in learning to ensure that they are more finely tuned to suit the individual needs of each child - support staff to teach children the impact that their unwanted behaviour has on themselves and others n focus on professional development opportunities to raise the quality of practice.
- 16 November 2022Good
- 26 January 2017Good
- 12 June 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Playdays 4 Kidz C.I.C
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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