Opening hours
Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks of the year, except bank holidays. Sessions are from 8am to 6pm.
Storybook Sunningdale
Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2024)
Number of places
60 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2024
Local authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
About this day nursery
Storybook Sunningdale is a day nursery in Sunningdale for children aged from birth to five years. The day nursery is open from Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. It provides 15 funded hours for three- and four-year-olds, and the curriculum is based on the Early Years Foundation Stage framework.
Ofsted carried out an inspection in August 2024 and rated the nursery as Good overall. The inspector found that children benefit from a broad and interesting range of activities planned to promote their learning. The report noted that staff help children feel welcome and manage behaviour effectively by being clear and reinforcing expectations. Partnership with parents was described as effective and the arrangements for safeguarding were found to be secure.
What it's like
Children are lovingly greeted by staff, helping them feel welcome and quickly focus on their chosen activity. Staff offer gentle encouragement for the youngest children who are new, supporting their personal, social, and emotional development. Children benefit from a broad and interesting range of activities and display positive behaviour towards each other.
Strong staff teamBroad activitiesEffective parental partnerships
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All_year
Registered with Ofsted
2012
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Storybook Sunningdale
Last inspected 13 August 2024
Overall effectiveness
Good
What it's like to attend
Children are lovingly greeted by staff, helping them feel welcome and quickly focus on their chosen activity. Staff offer gentle encouragement for the youngest children who are new, supporting their personal, social, and emotional development. Children benefit from a broad and interesting range of activities and display positive behaviour towards each other.
Inspector highlights
- Children are lovingly greeted by staff, who are sincerely happy to see them, helping children feel welcome.
- Children benefit from a broad and interesting range of activities that is planned effectively to promote their learning well.
- Managers and leaders are diligent and have worked tirelessly to establish a strong team to support the children and their families.
- The curriculum intent is appropriate and focuses on what the children need to further develop in their learning.
- Effective arrangements help children develop their communication and language and literacy skills.
- Staff manage children's behaviour effectively by talking to them at their level, being clear and reinforcing expected behaviours.
- Effective partnership working with parents is extremely important to the management team and staff.
- The arrangements for safeguarding are effective and there is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.
Areas to develop
- 1Provide further support, coaching and training for staff to fully embed their understanding of the intended curriculum.
- 2Enhance the support for children to develop their independence.
Inspection #10357233 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Google Reviews of Storybook Sunningdale
5.0
(2 Google reviews)
Amandeep Gill
4 months ago
Such a lovely nursery. They were so good to our boys especially the eldest who is just a bit different and had dwarfism. He came on leaps and bounds physically and developmentally since he’s been there. Thank you so much.
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emma salmon
2 years ago
We had a wonderful experience at Dreamcatchers. Jack absolutely loved his time there from 2 yrs old. Sarah, Emily, Julie, Chelsea and Helena treated him with such love and care from carrying over the gate each day because that’s how he liked to go in (!) to having ‘cuddly days’ when he wasn’t feeling 100%. I can’t sing their praises highly enough. Every drop off and pick up was enthusiastic and made him feel special. They do a fantastic range of activities each day and are always outside. I’m so pleased we’ve got a place for his sister although the waiting list is long so get your name down as early as possible!
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Inspection history
Date: September 2012
- August 2024Good
- July 2019Outstanding
- September 2012Outstanding
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