Sunshine Day Nursery (NGH)
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Sheffield for children from birth to 8+, open 06:45 to 18:30, 5 days a week. £57.06 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2001, with 118 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Full day 9 hours (incl. lunch & snacks) 8:00am-5:00pm · £57.06 · £68.47 · £60.06 ·
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
30 Hours Funded Early Learning (FEL) and 15 Hours Universal Funding; funding available for eligible 2-year-olds and ALL 3-year-olds.
Worth knowing. FEL hours must be prioritised to cover core hours first; remaining hours can be allocated to extended hours, up to a maximum of 10 hours per day and cannot be used for ad-hoc bookings; Lunch Charge of £3.06 charged on any day where FEL / Universal hours are being claimed.
What childcare usually costs in Sheffield
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Sheffield 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
S5 7AUWhat 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, 17 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children progress well, overall, in this well equipped, warm and welcoming environment. Children settle well and demonstrate that they feel safe and valued.
They have strong bonds with staff and are confident to approach them for comfort and reassurance. For example, one child in the baby room was unsure of the unfamiliar inspector and constantly checked in with their key worker for reassurance as they approached her. Children develop high level of confidence and self-esteem. Children behave well and they are eager to play and learn. Children develop good language skills and communicate well with adults and friends. Older children were confident to speak with the inspector and express that they enjoy coming to nursery to play with their friends.
Children are engaged in a wide range of exiting activities that are tailored to promote their next steps in learning. Older children learn about 'cause and effect'
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- make better use of teaching strategies, including questioning, to support and extend children's communication skills - plan a wider range of activities outdoors to fully support children's learning in all areas of their development.
- 17 January 2023Good
- 13 June 2017Good
- 30 April 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sunshine Day Nursery (NGH)
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £57.06 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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