Sunnybrow
Outstanding★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Kendal for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 17:45, 7 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2023. Open since 2016, with 92 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Westmorland and Furness
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Westmorland and Furness 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
LA9 5DRWhat 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, 24 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The manager and staff team plan and implement a highly effective curriculum. This enables children throughout the nursery to follow their interests, embed their knowledge and progress towards highly ambitious outcomes. Staff support children's exceptional desire for learning. They enable them to experience the awe and wonder of the world in which they live. An impressive commitment to inclusion helps to ensure that all children, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), have full access to their early education entitlement.
Children flourish due to the close and consistent relationships established with long-standing staff. These secure attachments help children to settle easily so that they are ready for learning quickly. Children are happy, focused, curious and active.
Staff help children to remember what they already know. For example, during role play outdoors, children confidently explain what to do if there is a fire and how to contact the emergency services. Staff instil high levels of confidence in children, which supports their exemplary behaviour. For example, they provide children with gentle reminders of the amount of time left to play before they must return indoors. This allows them to finish what they are doing so that they can move on independently. Staff also help children to understand routines. For example, children confidently tell visitors to line up and be counted, so they are not left behind. Children are developing the knowledge and attitudes needed to give them the very best start in life.
- 24 November 2023Outstanding
- 8 August 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sunnybrow
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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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