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Sunflower Day Care

Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2025)
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4.3(8 parent reviews) ·87 York Road, Ilford, IG1 3AQ · Redbridge
Number of places
87 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2025
Local authority
Redbridge

About this day nursery

Sunflower Day Care in Ilford provides a safe, stimulating, and nurturing environment, aiming to be a 'home away from home' for children. The nursery focuses on encouraging each child's development, helping them reach their full potential while prioritising individual needs.

They offer a strong support system for parents, including detailed information and assistance with various childcare funding options. The nursery is committed to open communication, providing parents with updates and opportunities to discuss their child's care.

They also ensure a smooth transition for children starting at the nursery through well-structured settling-in sessions. Meals are freshly prepared on-site, with a focus on nutrition and accommodating dietary requirements and preferences, including a no-beef or pork policy.

Sunflower Day Care is dedicated to providing comprehensive care that supports both the children's well-being and their developmental journey.

Our ethos

At Sunflower Nursery we try our very best to promote a safe, stimulating, caring and educational environment for your children in a home away from home environment. We aim to encourage the development of each child to enable them to maximise their full potential within a caring, stimulating, and homely environment with always having your child individual needs as the focus..

What it's like

Staff at Sunflower Day Care place children and their families at the heart of their work. Children are confident, settle well, and form strong relationships with staff, helping them to feel safe and secure. The ambitious curriculum builds on prior knowledge, and all children make good progress.

Home away from home environmentFocus on individual child developmentComprehensive funding support for parentsFreshly prepared meals with dietary accommodations

Pricing & funding

Charges include a one-off non-refundable registration fee. Late collections are subject to a penalty charge per minute.

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • A non-refundable registration fee is required.
  • Late pick-ups are subject to a surcharge per minute.

Key facts

Food

Freshly prepared meals and snacks made from scratch on-site, including breakfast, lunch, tea, and healthy snacks. No beef or pork served.

Opening hours

8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday

Term time / All Year

All Year

Session types

full day, sessional

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Sunflower Day Care

Last inspected 23 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

Staff at Sunflower Day Care place children and their families at the heart of their work. Children are confident, settle well, and form strong relationships with staff, helping them to feel safe and secure. The ambitious curriculum builds on prior knowledge, and all children make good progress.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are confident and settle well. They are excited to play with their friends.
  • The curriculum is ambitious and builds on what children already know. Children thoroughly enjoy their time in the nursery.
  • Children behave very well. Staff are excellent role models, constantly modelling good manners and how to be kind and courteous.
  • Managers place a strong focus on supporting staff to understand the expectations of their roles and responsibilities. Staff attend a range of training to improve their professional knowledge.
  • Children's literacy skills are well supported. Staff provide children with many opportunities to engage in creative activities.

Areas to develop

  • 1continue to extend staff's knowledge and practice so that teaching is consistently highly effective
  • 2review large-group activities to maximise all children's learning.
Inspection #10396702 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak highly of this nursery and the staff team.

Parents speak highly of this nursery and the staff team. They express how happy and settled their children are and that they feel well informed about their children's learning and development through regular feedback from staff.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff with responsibility for supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are committed to collaborating with parents and other professionals to ensure that children receive targeted support.

Outdoor space

Children have plenty of opportunities to be physically active in the large, well-resourced outdoor area. Children enjoy mixing mud and water to make 'crocodile pie' in the newly developed outdoor kitchen.

Parent Reviews of Sunflower Day Care

4.3
(8)
Shamz
3 years ago

Amazing nursery and what's even better are the staff there! My daughter's been attending the nursery for over a year now and seems very happy and has made good progress despite delayed speech. I highly recommend it.

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Aisha Anderson
3 years ago

This daycare is AMAZING actually it’s by far the most OUTSTANDING daycare in Ilford! First off they carter to children that have special needs with the manager Danielle being the SENCO she is so engaged with the needs and development of the little people that you will not be disappointed by the amount of effort and work she puts into ensuring the children have all their needs met- being a parent of twin nonverbal autistic girls. The staff are so caring, gentle and loving that they take every achievement as a celebration- they are so kind hearted that it made the last day before the summer break it was so sad and emotional that the girls would no longer see them. The place is BIG- they have a sensory corner, play role room with costumes so the kids can use their creativity, the outside play area has water play and climbing space as well and during summer mini pools and lots of running around and having fun all while being safe. All in all if you are in Ilford area this is the ONLY TOP TIER daycare you would want to send your little ones too. Louiza, Danielle, Hadjila, Tasmina, Sarah and the other staff you are all wonderful and I am so very grateful that my daughters came to your daycare.

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Afreen Aky
3 years ago

My son joined sunflower daycare when he was a baby the staff helped me settle him fast He is three now and loves it there The staff are amazing doing amazing job with the children I am very pleased with the nursery

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Max Headroom
a year ago

Fantastic nursery. My child has benefitted greatly. Recommending them for sure

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

23 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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Frequently asked about Sunflower Day Care

About the setting

Sunflower Day Care registered in October 2024. It employs 6 members of childcare staff, four of whom hold early years qualifications at level 3. The setting is open from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round, and provides funded early education for children.

URN
2808903
Registered person
AL-FALAH SUNFLOWER DAY CARE LTD
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises

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