Siblings Private Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Sunderland for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2021, though that is 5 years ago now. Open since 2006, with 43 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
SR5 2TAWhat 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, 14 June 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Older children concentrate hard on their chosen task. They are confident and try different approaches to problems they encounter and persist until they succeed.
For example, children watch as they drip textured sand through funnels and tubes.
They use water spray bottles and add sprinkles of water to sand. Children watch as their mixture filters through the different-sized funnels. They exclaim, 'The sand is too wet! It is stuck inside.' All children develop excellent physical skills. Toddlers show determination as they learn to manoeuvre over different-textured slopes and surfaces in the exciting outdoor area. They climb and step over wooden stumps and bark chippings before reaching their chosen resting spot. Older children work in partnership as they connect plastic blocks together. They then use them to create a balancing beam. Children applaud each other as they successfully balance and walk to the other side. This demonstrates the excellent friendships that children form. Older children have good hand-to-eye coordination. They giggle and smile at each other as they play ball games. They laugh with excitement as the ball attaches itself to the sticky pads that they use to catch it. Children behave well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen key-person system and help children to settle quickly, particularly those children in the baby room n extend self-evaluation procedures and capture the views of children and parents in order to help drive improvement forward.
- 14 June 2021Good
- 30 October 2019Needs improvement
- 9 September 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Siblings Private Day Nursery
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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