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Sunflowers at St. Anne's

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2025)
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5.0(6 parent reviews) ·Wellington Road, Nantwich, CW5 7DA · Cheshire East
Number of places
48 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2025
Local authority
Cheshire East

About this day nursery

Sunflowers at St Anne's is a charitable nursery situated within the grounds of St Anne’s Catholic Primary School in Nantwich. The nursery is dedicated to providing an enriching start to education for children in a safe, secure, and joyful setting.

They aim to foster confidence and a readiness to learn, supported by a team of experienced staff, including qualified teachers. Sunflowers at St Anne's emphasises a high-quality nursery education and offers strong family support.

The nursery has received a 'Good' rating from Ofsted in 2025.

What it's like

Children form strong friendships and play harmoniously, learning to negotiate and cooperate. Staff use simple and effective strategies, like a visual timetable, to help children understand routines and expectations. Children are encouraged to choose their activities, fostering independence and motivation through fun learning experiences.

Charity-runLocated in school groundsExperienced staff including qualified teachers

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday – Friday: 7.30am-6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Sunflowers at St. Anne's

Last inspected 16 July 2025 · Michelle Jacques

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children form strong friendships and play harmoniously, learning to negotiate and cooperate. Staff use simple and effective strategies, like a visual timetable, to help children understand routines and expectations. Children are encouraged to choose their activities, fostering independence and motivation through fun learning experiences.

Inspector highlights

  • A recently formed senior leadership team are ambitious, hardworking and driven, making impressive improvements to the environment and curriculum.
  • Children benefit from a rich, varied and stimulating programme of play with a carefully designed curriculum that incorporates children's interests.
  • Staff work closely with outside agencies and professionals, such as expert physical and French teachers, and speech and language specialists, to enrich learning and ensure all children's needs are met.
  • Staff ensure the nursery is safe, clean and well organised, maintaining high hygiene standards to professionally manage children's health and welfare.
  • Staff work hard to develop good relationships with parents, sharing information about children's progress and experiences through an online app and face-to-face discussions to facilitate seamless care and learning.

Areas to develop

  • 1provide staff with frequent feedback on their practice, including areas to develop to help them better understand what they do well and how to improve
  • 2extend the rich learning environment available outdoors to include more writing opportunities to fully support those children who prefer to learn outside.
Inspection #10394687 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

parents comment they find this system easy to use and are reassured by the daily updates

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff work closely with outside agencies and professionals, including speech and language specialists and local authority officers, who provide advice on how to best support children. These strong links with a range of professionals help to ensure all children's needs are met.

Outdoor space

Staff initiate a game of chase and children enjoy running outside, where they are encouraged to run slow and fast, extending coordination. There are currently fewer opportunities for children to develop their writing skills outside, which does not consistently support those children who prefer to learn outdoors.

Parent Reviews of Sunflowers at St. Anne's

5.0
(6)
Nika
a year ago

An amazing nursery, with the main focus of learning through play, our little girl has learned so much for the time she's been there. The staff are very friendly and welcoming. The headteacher/ manager is always so helpful with any questions. I can't recommend this nursery enough.

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Joanna Simmons
2 years ago

We couldn’t be happier with Sunflowers Nursery. From the start our little girl has loved going. The care that she is shown from all of the staff is incredible, all the practitioners are friendly and approachable. She is learning a lot, and we feel she is progressing really well there! She especially loves all of the outdoor play. Communication between the nursery and home is really strong, particularly with the new app. Would definitely recommend Sunflowers!

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Elaine Dewhurst
2 years ago

Sunflowers @ St Anne's is a wonderful, home-from-home setting which has provided my children with the opportunity to grow and learn in a safe, natural and secure environment. The staff are exceptional, always have a smile on their faces and go above and beyond to ensure the children are cared for and happy. The facilities are great and there are lots of opportunities to explore music, physical education, art and nature. My son is excited to attend each day, he speaks so warmly of the staff and all his friends and we could not ask for a better start to his education.

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Louise Mason
3 years ago

Excellent little nursery, my son loves it and is thriving there. He especially loves the outdoor areas and the bus! The staff are incredibly friendly, dedicated and have some very creative and fun activities for the children.

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Wilkie Folwell
9 years ago

Friendly staff and clean and tidy for the kids, brilliant.

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Inspection history

Date: July 2025

  • August 2025Good
  • July 2025Good

Frequently asked about Sunflowers at St. Anne's

About the setting

Sunflowers at St Anne's registered in 2023. The nursery is open from Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6pm, for 51 weeks each year, closing for one week at Christmas and bank holidays. There are currently 16 staff working directly with children, 13 of whom have appropriate early years qualifications. The nursery provides government funded childcare.

URN
2723289
Registered person
Sunflowers at St. Anne's
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises

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