Sunshine Pre-School and Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Southampton for babies from 4 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2022. Open since 2000, with 35 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We also offer 2 year and 9 months old funded places for those who are eligible.
What childcare usually costs in Southampton
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Southampton 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
SO15 5BRWhat 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, 25 April 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled. They have strong relationships with their key person. This helps children to feel safe and secure. Children seek out their key person for reassurance and cuddles as and when needed. Children take part in activities based on their interests. For example, they make postcards to send to their family after recently going on their holidays. Staff have high expectations of children and their behaviour. Children behave well and make good progress in their learning and development. They are kind and caring towards one another. For example, they spontaneously invite others to join their play.
All children are free to express themselves as they choose. For example, they have equal opportunities to dress up in 'fairy outfits' for a trip to 'fairy world'. Children's physical skills are challenged regularly. For example, they learn how to climb up and over the climbing frames. Children develop a love of books. They enjoy being read to and looking at books independently.
Children plant their own vegetables and enjoy tending to them. They eagerly take part in planting more seeds. Children remember that plants need water to grow.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's ability to use consistent and effective techniques to develop children's communication and language skills - develop staff's knowledge further about how to support and engage children with SEND, to help children to make even better progress.
- 25 April 2022Good
- 26 August 2016Outstanding
- 3 October 2012Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sunshine Pre-School and Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Meals
- 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.
- 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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