Sunflowers at Grafton
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Marlborough for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:15 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £67.15 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2013, with 41 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated September 2026.
| Age | Full day | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £67.15School Hours £77.60Day Care £81.75Day Care |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £25.00 Registration feeper child
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £5.75 per 15 minutes Late collection feecollected 5 minutes late
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £13.85 to £19.35 a day Daily chargebookings including one meal, includes one meal
Funded hours
Early Years Funding Entitlement (EYFE).
Worth knowing. Families can opt out of paying our Daily Charge and join us on a Funded & 'Free' basis. We are not able to offer fully flexible Funded & 'Free' places to families and this offer is restricted to the afternoon sessions only – from 1pm to 6pm.
What childcare usually costs in Wiltshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Wiltshire 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
SN8 3DBWhat 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, 18 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children progress well at this friendly, rural nursery. They form close bonds, not only with their key worker but with all of the staff, giving them a strong sense of belonging. The staff offer continual encouragement and praise to the children, enabling them to grow in confidence as they explore their environment. The children's interests are woven into the setting's curriculum, and care is taken by the staff to enhance these experiences. For example, the children in the toddler room have become interested in bug hunting. The staff have created an area with logs, provided magnifying glasses and some pictures of common bugs. The children learn new words as they identify ants and worms.
The nursery has an extensive outdoor space for the children to explore. Each room benefits from a smaller enclosed garden with access onto a larger area. In the smaller gardens, the children are able to access water and sand trays, as well as dens and ride-on-toys. In the larger garden, children have opportunity to climb, explore and run around in a natural wooded space. They care for the chickens and look for signs of wildlife. This gives children the opportunity to be physically active throughout their day.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff working with younger children to ensure all interactions enable children to build on what they know.
- 18 May 2023Good
- 2 October 2017Good
- 20 August 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sunflowers at Grafton
- 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 £67.15 a day 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.