Sunflowers Neighbourhood Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leicester for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £68.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2021. Open since 2004, with 85 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £68.00 | £44.00half day, 5 hrs | £300.00full week |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 Snacks
- £2.50 Tea
- £3.50 Lunch
- £12.00 early start
- £12.00 an hour additional hours
What childcare usually costs in Leicester
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leicester 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
LE3 1JNWhat 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.
- 11 March 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 15 November 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children benefit from the staff's consistently positive interactions with them at nursery. They are confident to share their interests and explore the wide range of quirky resources that are available to them. For example, pre-school children are fascinated by the numbers and hands on an old clock. They say the numbers as they move the hands around the dial, counting to 12 and back down to one. This interest in numbers is extended by staff in the outside area. Children count eagerly how many times the ball bounces when they try to hit it with the bat.
Staff have high expectations of the children about what they can do. For example, two-year-olds are encouraged by staff to extend their small physical skills. These children pull leaves from herb plants to add to the play dough they make. Staff suggest they use scissors to snip the leaves. They supervise children using the scissors to keep them safe. Children persist with support from staff and show their pleasure when they snip the leaves successfully.
Children get to know the staff well and form positive relationships that help children feel safe and happy. Babies smile when staff talk and sing to them. They are comforted when they are upset or tired as they snuggle on staff's laps.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- focus more precisely on ensuring that all parents are consistently informed about the activities their children have taken part in during the day n extend staff's awareness of how to ensure that small group activities and stories are meaningful for all children who take part.
- 15 November 2021Good
- 11 November 2019Needs improvement
- 15 May 2019Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sunflowers Neighbourhood 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 £68.00 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.
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