Sunlands Kindergarten
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Stroud for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. £35.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2016, with 21 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £35.00non-funded children | £22.00non-funded children |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £0.75 Ingredients for birthday cakes, biscuits, special breadsvoluntary
- £0.75 Gardening expensesvoluntary
- £1.00 Festival craft materialsvoluntary
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Funding is available Term Time only.
Worth knowing. Charge for the non funded hours at the official Nursery grant rate.
What childcare usually costs in Gloucestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Gloucestershire 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
GL5 4EXWhat 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, 13 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enter the setting to gentle voices, friendly comfort and soft lighting. This ensures that there is a relaxed and calm atmosphere, which supports children's emotional well-being and helps them to feel safe and secure. Staff form strong attachments with children, which promotes their well-being and independence.
Children are highly valued as individuals at this setting.
The setting's curriculum provides children with a rich and diverse range of learning experiences that follow the changing rhythms of the seasons. Children demonstrate that they know and understand about seasonal change in nature. For example, children grow their own fruit and vegetables and take part in daily cooking activities. As they dig in the garden, they explain, 'We must remove the weeds to let the vegetables grow.' They learn about all aspects of cooking, including kitchen safety, healthy eating and tidying up. Children join staff as they enter the setting and immediately immerse themselves in a cooking task. They combine and rub ingredients together, strengthening their finger muscles, to make an apple crumble.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to give consistently clear messages so that children know and understand the expectations for their behaviour and receive simple explanations about the consequences of their actions n further help children to share how they are feeling so they learn the language of emotions and understand the emotions of others.
- 13 September 2024Good
- 18 October 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sunlands Kindergarten
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- 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 £35.00 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.
- 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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