Sunbeams Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Mitcheldean for from 1 year 6 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £7.52 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2023. Open since 1997, with 68 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Our standard fee is £7.52 per hour.
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
Two, three and four year funding and 30 hours funding.
Worth knowing. We also allow stretched funding, we accept stretching over a 48 week period for those on a full time contract, taking into account the two week holiday period and Christmas and bank holiday closures.
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
GL17 0BSWhat 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 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children develop well in this friendly, fun nursery. The manager, who is the owner, and her team know what they want children to learn and how they plan to teach.
Children enjoy a wide range of experiences indoors and out, which help develop their skills and abilities. Staff have close relationships with children and toddlers and are attentive to their individual needs. The flexible routine helps children to know what happens next. Staff are consistent and have clear expectations for children. They set realistic and achievable boundaries, creating a secure atmosphere where children behave well.
There is a clear focus on language for speaking and developing children's confidence. All staff get down to children's eye level and engage in active conversations about what they are doing and how else they might try things.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff support to continuously develop their knowledge and skills to provide more challenge and encourage children's best possible progress in their learning.
- 14 November 2023Good
- 23 March 2018Good
- 3 May 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sunbeams Day Nursery
- 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 £7.52 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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