Sunflower Lodge Limited
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Spalding for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £330.00 a week for 0-4 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in May 2022. Open since 2014, with 82 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
0-4 years no funding: £330.00 per week
One published rate, dated 1 st September 2026. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
30hrs per week funding term time only package; 22.8hrs per week funded all-year round ‘stretched’ package; Up to 15hrs per week funding term time only package; Up to 30hrs per week funding term time only package; Families in Receipt of Additional Support two-year-old funding.
Worth knowing. Funded hours are only offered between 7.30am-5.30pm.
What childcare usually costs in Lincolnshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lincolnshire 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
PE11 3ULWhat 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, 26 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children's future success is built on the excellent foundations that are laid during their time spent at this nursery. Children benefit from meaningful teaching and the attentive support offered by staff during every moment throughout the day. They confidently explore their environment with curiosity and excitement. Children's exemplary behaviour and consideration for the rules of the nursery, designed by staff to keep them safe, mirror the harmonious environment. Calm and relaxing music plays quietly in the background as children develop and learn. Children's well-being and their emotional security are at the heart of their positive relationships with staff and a skilfully designed environment. As a result, children are making exceptional progress in their learning and development.
Visits into the community give children opportunities to develop their understanding of the world. Children participate in learning at a local woodland.
They become familiar with the journey that they take each week. They happily greet members of the community along the way, using the social skills that they have learned. Children's perseverance and concentration grow through experiences on offer. For example, older babies find bubble mixture that has been tied to a tree. They watch carefully as a member of staff takes the bubble wand in and out of the tube. Children follow this direction and then after just a few tries, they develop their hand coordination and successfully dip the wand into the mixture.
- 26 May 2022Outstanding
- 1 September 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sunflower Lodge Limited
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £330.00 a week 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.
- 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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