Sunflowers Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Harrogate for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2022. Open since 2001, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
The Government pays for 15 or 30 funded hours for eligible children. Government Funding is available from the term after a child turns 9 months old if the family meets certain criteria.
Worth knowing. We are categorically not allowed to ask for a top up fee or to deduct the monetary funding amount we receive from your invoice. [...] We will now call this a ‘Sunflowers Supplement’.
What childcare usually costs in North Yorkshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in North Yorkshire 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
HG3 5HLWhat 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.
- 15 October 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 18 January 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the nursery happy and relaxed. They are keen to talk with staff and engage with their peers. When children first start at the nursery, staff work diligently to ensure parents feel confident and support children to form secure bonds with their key person and other staff. Staff help reassure parents that their child has settled by encouraging them to phone to check on their child. Staff support children to understand their behaviour and the consequences of their actions on others. Children share their thoughts and feelings without hesitation as they learn how to manage their emotions. They talk about what makes them happy and sad and develop skills in sharing, and taking turns with their peers.
Staff are very attentive to the needs of children in their care. They watch, listen and swiftly respond to them at appropriate times. For example, they notice the signs that babies are hungry or tired. Staff respond to these, such as sitting with them in a quiet cosy area and helping children to go to sleep. Hygiene practice is very good throughout the nursery. Staff ensure that toys are regularly cleaned and remain safe for children to use. Children have access to a breadth of activities, which they can freely access. This supports children's independence skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to adapt their teaching skills, so they are able to consistently reshape activities and broaden children's learning n implement a curriculum which provides extra challenge for the most-able children to extend their learning to the highest possible level.
- 18 January 2022Good
- 14 July 2014Outstanding
- 5 March 2009Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sunflowers Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.