Sunningwell Preschool
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Abingdon for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:45 to 16:45, 5 days a week. £49.60 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 2016, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated April 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walking to 4 years4y to 5y | – | £5.00must be prebooked | |
| All ages | £49.60ALL DAy with Packedlunch | £6.00Lunch club £18.00PM £24.00AM |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £0.60 Snack
- £1.20 a day Snacksif a child attends all day
- £2.50 a session Forest school (wednesday&Thurs only)
- £5.00 a week Late payments per week thereafter
- £15.00 Late payments
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours government funding the term after their 3rd birthday, 30 hours free entitlement, 2 year olds government funded, new two year 15 hour entitlement for working families.
Worth knowing. Spaces for the 30 hours free entitlement are subject to availability; Parents need to get their code (or reconfirm eligibility) before the start of the next term.
What childcare usually costs in Oxfordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Oxfordshire 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
OX13 6REWhat 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, 16 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children show lots of enthusiasm for being at pre-school. Staff are very skilled at helping children new to the setting feel welcome and confident to join in with the routines of the day. The care, kindness and encouragement staff give these children has a very positive impact on how quickly children settle in their new environment. Children grow in confidence to leave comforters from home in their bags, explore the activities on offer and begin to make new friends. They are keen to learn, confident that staff are nearby to help and support them when needed.
Children benefit from a suitably ambitious, and well-delivered, curriculum of learning, with a strong emphasis on their personal, physical and language development. Children learn to do things for themselves, such as finding their shoes and making their own sandwiches. They are confident to practise climbing, balancing and other movements because staff are nearby, ready to help if needed.
Staff are especially skilled at helping children develop their speaking skills. Staff speak clearly to children, providing them with relevant vocabulary and plenty of opportunities to take part in back-and-forth conversations. Staff use a wide variety of successful techniques to communicate with children who need some extra support with this aspect of their development. As a result, gaps begin to close and children quickly begin to catch up with their peers.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- simplify how some activities are presented and delivered, to best help children focus on the intended learning at these times n strengthen the curriculum around healthy eating and oral hygiene, to build further on children's developing understanding of healthy lifestyles.
- 16 October 2023Good
- 12 January 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sunningwell Preschool
- Nappies
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 £49.60 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.