Sunny Corner Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Penzance for from 1 year up to school age, open 8am to 6pm. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2021, though that is 5 years ago now. Open since 1991, with 45 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Fully funded preschool sessions.
What childcare usually costs in Cornwall
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cornwall 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
TR20 9DRWhat 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, 23 September 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children, including the many children who have recently started to attend, arrive at the pre-school excited and ready to learn. They settle quickly on arrival, due to staff understanding their interests well and reflecting these in the activities they have set up. Children play happily together. They feel safe and are emotionally secure because staff welcome them individually and create a caring and nurturing environment. Children learn to be considerate of each other and to behave well.
They are confident to explore and experiment, such as when mixing the cornflour and water to make 'gloop'. Children are confident to communicate with their friends and with staff, as staff support children's language development well and introduce new vocabulary as they play. For example, older children make up games and stories with their friends, showing a good understanding of how to use language in their play.
Children achieve well as staff plan a broad curriculum that, overall, reflects children's individual learning needs. This includes those children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Staff have a good understanding of the next steps in children's learning. This helps them to provide activities that introduce children to new ideas and allows them to build on what they already know.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- increase opportunities for children to choose to use outdoor areas to further extend the development of those children who learn better outside n develop further strategies to review the success of the curriculum in preparing children for school.
- 23 September 2021Good
- 23 June 2015Outstanding
- 19 May 2009Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sunny Corner Pre-School
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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