Sunbeams Educare Limited
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Beccles for from 2 years 6 months up to school age, open 8am to 6pm. £5.80 an hour for 2 ½ to 5 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2025. Open since 2011, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Until your child is funded the cost is �5.80 per hour.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Two year old early learning funding and 30 hours funding is available to families who meet the criteria (please see Sam for further details). The term after your child's third birthday the government will fund a maximum of 15 hours per week.
What childcare usually costs in Suffolk
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Suffolk 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
NR34 9BUWhat 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 June 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in this welcoming and inclusive setting. They are happy, form strong friendships and display a genuine enthusiasm for learning. Children are eager to explore the wide variety of activities available. They engage in purposeful play for extended periods without adult support. For example, children sit together, drawing and cutting, chatting about their creations and showing determination as they practise their scissor skills.
Leaders hold high aspirations for every child and are committed to continually enhancing their learning experiences. The thoughtfully planned environment offers a rich array of engaging opportunities. Children show excitement during musical sessions, singing and playing instruments, and display focus and cooperation while patiently taking turns to paint with rollers and water. Children remember and recall previous learning experiences. For example, they are eager to share their knowledge about bees. They talk about queen bees, honey and pollen.
Throughout the day, children delight in opportunities to express their imagination.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen supervision and performance management systems to identify specific individual development goals for staff to further enhance the already strong quality of practice.
- 16 June 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 4 November 2019Good
- 2 February 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sunbeams Educare Limited
- 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 £5.80 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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