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Banana Moon Sunderland

Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2025)
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5.0(2 parent reviews) ·Rowlandson House, 1-2 Rowlandson Terrace, Sunderland, SR2 7SU · Sunderland
Number of places
50 places
Age range
0–3 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2025
Local authority
Sunderland

About this day nursery

Banana Moon Sunderland is an independently run family nursery situated conveniently near the city centre, catering to children from infancy up to five years old. The nursery is led by a director with extensive teaching experience, fostering a warm, nurturing, and secure environment where children are encouraged to thrive emotionally and physically.

\n\nThe nursery offers bright, spacious, and well-ventilated rooms, equipped with inviting and educational resources. Children benefit from two secure outdoor play areas and a dedicated sensory room for exploration and development.

An on-site chef prepares fresh meals daily in an attached dining room, emphasising healthy nutrition. The curriculum at Banana Moon Sunderland is play-based yet incorporates hidden learning, carefully planning experiences both indoors and outdoors to align with each child's individual interests.

This approach is firmly rooted in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, which guides the nursery's educational programme. This programme includes engaging activities such as physical movement sessions, scientific explorations, daily challenges in maths and literacy, and cooking experiences with the chef.

The nursery aims to provide a strong foundation for children's future academic, social, and emotional success.

Our ethos

The nursery's approach is play-based, incorporating 'hidden learning' and experiences planned around individual interests, all aligned with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework. They aim to foster children's emotional and physical growth in a secure environment, providing a strong foundation for future success.

What it's like

Children are happy and settled, and are well cared for by passionate staff who know them well. The setting is welcoming and inclusive, with staff attentive to children's individual routines and emotional needs. Children benefit from an ambitious curriculum and are making good progress in all areas of learning.

Family-runPlay-based learningOn-site chefSecure outdoor areasSensory room

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Food

Fresh food prepared daily by on-site chef

Opening hours

7.30am - 6.30pm

Age range

0 to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Banana Moon Sunderland

Last inspected 8 April 2025

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children are happy and settled, and are well cared for by passionate staff who know them well. The setting is welcoming and inclusive, with staff attentive to children's individual routines and emotional needs. Children benefit from an ambitious curriculum and are making good progress in all areas of learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Children benefit from healthy and nutritious meals and snacks prepared daily by a chef who interacts with them.
  • Staff promote language and communication through discussions, singing, rhyme, and story time sessions.
  • Children are encouraged to be independent in tasks like putting on shoes and self-feeding, promoting confidence and school readiness.
  • The environment and resources are carefully considered to build on children's skills, with furniture arranged to help babies become more mobile and different equipment provided for various developmental stages.
  • Children's development is continuously assessed, and learning programmes address any gaps quickly.

Areas to develop

  • 1consider the daily routine and care practices, for example, so that they do not interrupt or interfere with children's concentration and learning
  • 2consider providing some more challenging equipment outdoors, to promote and extend older children's large physical skills.
Inspection #10398962 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents explain how staff have helped their children with weaning, potty and toilet training routines.

Parents also comment that the setting has a 'family' feel.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Good procedures are in place to ensure that children who may need additional support are assessed at the earliest opportunity. Staff work with other professionals and agencies to ensure that children who need it, receive specific help, such as speech and language support.

Outdoor space

Although there are good resources indoors to promote babies and younger children's large physical development, there are limited resources available outdoors to build on older children's large physical skills. When playing outside, children hear emergency vehicles, which leads to different activities, such as children pretending to be emergency workers in the role play area.

Parent Reviews of Banana Moon Sunderland

5.0
(2)
Stephanie Jones
8 months ago

Such a fantastic nursery! I am so glad we found it. Our son was so happy here, made strong bonds with the lovely staff who are so friendly and nurturing. The facilities are amazing, brand new and immaculately clean. I would recommend Banana Moon Sunderland to anyone.

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Maddy Bloomfield
a month ago

I am so grateful to this nursery! We had a terrible time with a fairly awful childminder and I was up a height about leaving our baby with anyone else, but Banana Moon have been so good with him. He loves all the ladies, he really really loves the food and the updates we get are even better than I expected - I love seeing photos of him having a nice time through the day.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

8 April 2025

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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