Sunflowers Nursery Limited
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Radstock for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £10.50 an hour for 0-2 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2023. Open since 2004, with 45 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, price list dated April 2026.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 yearsbirth to 2y | – | £10.50Cost or Charge | |
| 2-3 years2y to 3y | – | £9.00Charge or Cost | |
| 3-4 years3y to 4y | – | £8.35Cost or Charge | |
| All ages | £7.00Early Bird | – |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- 10% Ad Hoc hours
- 10% Short Notice (Ad hoc)
- £0.30 an hour Non-consumablesincludes Wet Wipes, Emergency Medication Calpol/Piriton
- £1.10 an hour Enhanced Provision
- £7.00 a day Food 3.30 day
- £7.00 a day Food Cost 8.30-3.30Applies to Funded sessions only, includes Breakfast(Optional), Snack, Lunch and Dessert
- £9.00 a day Food Cost 8.30-5.30Applies to Funded sessions only, includes Breakfast(Optional), Snack, Lunch and Dessert, Tea
- £9.00 a day Food 5.30 day
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £0.35 an hour ConsumablesVoluntary Additional charges per hour
- £1.20 an hour Enhanced provisionVoluntary Additional charges per hour
Discounts
- 25% CFH SubsidyCFH Employees
Funded hours
9 month old, 2 year old funded children, 3 and 4 year old funded children (15hrs and the extended 30hrs).
Worth knowing. Funded hours can be spread throughout the year. Any hours taken above your child entitlement will be charged at our hourly rate and an additional charge for food will be made. Voluntary additional charges per hour: Consumables £0.35, Enhanced provision £1.20. Food cost applies to funded sessions only.
What childcare usually costs in Bath and North East Somerset
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bath and North East Somerset 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
BA3 3BXWhat 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, 5 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children receive a warm welcome when they arrive at this nurturing and inclusive nursery. Staff get to know children well before they start by providing as many settling-in sessions as necessary, depending on each individual child's needs.
Children form strong relationships with staff and feel able to ask for help when needed. Staff respond quickly to children's needs, providing support or reassurance. As a result, children feel happy, confident and safe to explore the setting.
Children engage in age-appropriate learning activities, which staff plan with children's interests and learning needs in mind. For example, babies explore different textures and develop their hand-eye coordination as they use scoops to play with oats. Staff show toddlers how to mould play dough with rolling pins, developing the muscles in their hands and arms. Older children develop their imaginative skills by using more-advanced utensils to make marks in dough, pretending to make cakes and cookies. This careful sequencing of skills throughout the nursery supports children to make good progress.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- introduce and model new and interesting vocabulary at a consistently high level to extend children's language skills n support staff to focus more closely on evaluating the impact of the curriculum to consistently plan for children's next steps.
- 5 July 2023Good
- 5 January 2018Good
- 30 July 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sunflowers Nursery Limited
- 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 £10.50 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.
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