Sunshine Pre-School
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Shrewsbury for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 1997, with 20 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 Shropshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Shropshire 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
SY4 3PQWhat 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, 5 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled. They happily leave their parents at the gate and walk straight into the setting. Children form strong bonds with each other as they play collaboratively together. For example, they use their imagination as they wash and dry each other's hair while pretending to be hairdressers. They run over to the staff and excitedly say 'smell my hair'. Children have fun being musical as they play different instruments, such as triangles. There are positive relationships between the children and the staff. This is demonstrated as the children start to seek them out when they are in need of support. Children behave well.
Children use most of their senses to look, touch, smell and taste a range of fruits, such as pineapples, pomegranates, mangos and bananas. They show high levels of concentration as they attempt to peel and cut the fruit independently. Staff use this opportunity to surround the children with new describing words. For example, they introduce words such as 'spiky' 'smooth' and 'bumpy' as they ask the children what the fruit feels like. Staff proactively share and gather information from other settings that children attend. This enables them to work together to support the continuity for the children in their care and/or learning. Consequently, children make good progress in their learning from their starting points.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen procedures for monitoring staff performance, to focus more precisely on raising the quality of teaching that children receive to the highest possible level n make better use of planning to ensure that staff have a clear intent about what they want children to learn as they access activities n extend the curriculum for outdoors, to better support children who prefer to learn in the natural world and to provide them with meaningful experiences.
- 5 October 2022Good
- 13 October 2016Good
- 2 October 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sunshine Pre-School
- 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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