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Sunnybank Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2021)
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5.0(2 parent reviews) ·6 Church Lane, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5LA · Leeds
Number of places
37 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2021
Local authority
Leeds

About this day nursery

Sunnybank Nursery, re-registered in 2018, operates from non-domestic premises in Leeds, providing care for children aged 1 to 4 years old. 30pm.

Staff at Sunnybank Nursery create a nurturing, homely environment where children feel safe and secure, fostering strong emotional attachments between children and staff. The nursery was rated as good by Ofsted in its latest inspection on 28 June 2021.

Staff are adept at identifying and addressing early developmental delays, ensuring all children receive appropriate support. The curriculum focuses on developing children's physical abilities, language skills, and love of stories and songs, helping to build a strong foundation for early writing and reading.

The inspector highlighted that children behave well, enjoy helping with tasks, and readily express their feelings. Parents consistently praise the caring nature of the staff, their children's progress, and the new knowledge their children acquire.

The nursery also places importance on outdoor learning, with opportunities for older children to engage in activities like playing skittles and climbing on tyres, and staff actively assess the impact of these experiences on children's learning.

What it's like

Staff create a nurturing, homely environment where children enter happily because of excellent settling-in arrangements. Children and babies have strong emotional attachments to the kind and caring staff, helping them to feel safe and secure. Staff responded well to the pandemic, supporting children's social skills, independence and helping them settle back into nursery routine.

Nurturing environmentStrong parent partnershipsEffective physical developmentFocus on language skillsGood behaviourEffective SEND support

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 5.30pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Sunnybank Nursery

Last inspected 28 June 2021 · Rachel Ayo

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 create a nurturing, homely environment where children enter happily because of excellent settling-in arrangements. Children and babies have strong emotional attachments to the kind and caring staff, helping them to feel safe and secure. Staff responded well to the pandemic, supporting children's social skills, independence and helping them settle back into nursery routine.

Inspector highlights

  • Children behave well and enjoy helping with tasks, expressing their feelings and emotions readily.
  • Staff gather extensive information about children on entry and build on this well through continuous observation and assessment.
  • Strong partnerships with parents ensure extensive two-way communication and highly complimentary feedback.
  • Staff promote children's physical development effectively, creating a strong foundation for early writing skills.
  • Staff build on children's language and love of stories and songs, supporting future reading skills.

Areas to develop

  • 1further develop planning for the baby room's learning environments, to provide greater levels of challenge for the older toddlers and promote their engagement and focus on learning to the highest level
  • 2support staff to adapt their questioning techniques when different age groups are taking part in activities together, to optimise children's learning.
Inspection #10190145 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents comment on the caring nature of all the staff, their children's progress and how their children are always coming home with impressive new knowledge and words.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff promptly identify and address early developmental delay.

Outdoor space

Older children play skittles and climb in and out of the stack of tyres. The inspector observed the quality of teaching outdoors and assessed the impact of this on children's learning.

Parent Reviews of Sunnybank Nursery

5.0
(2)
Rebecca Eyre
6 years ago

I couldn't recommend this nursery more. My daughter has been going here for 2 years and absolutely loves it. The staff are lovely and feel like family to my daughter, it really feels like a home from home. Highly recommended!

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Inspection history

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