Full-day nursery in Pennywell, Sunderland
Pennywell Early Years Centre
Portsmouth Road, Pennywell, Sunderland, SR4 9AX · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since May 2003Reference EY260693Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 30 June 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places72 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 11 December 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Portsmouth Road, Pennywell, Sunderland, SR4 9AX · More nurseries in SR4
Stations
- South Hylton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)10 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Hylton Road-Peasemoor Road, Grindon Lane-Rowan Close and Portsmouth Road-Hylton Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Pennywell Park3 min walk
- King George V Park7 min walk
- Blackie Park11 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Sunderland there are about 5.9 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Pennywell Early Years Centre is a full-day nursery at Portsmouth Road, Pennywell, Sunderland, SR4 9AX, in Pennywell, Sunderland. It is registered for 72 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 4 reviews (November 2026).
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| Pennywell Early Years CentreThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Pennywell Early Years Centre Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Academy 360 All-throughages 4–16Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 under 0.1 miles
- St Anne's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.1 miles
- Christ's College All-throughages 4–18Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.3 miles
- South Hylton Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.4 miles
- North View Academy ages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.5 miles
- Highfield Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 0.6 miles
- Broadway Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.7 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Pennywell Early Years Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Pennywell Early Years Centre Outstanding at its inspection on 30 June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Pennywell Early Years Centre take?
Pennywell Early Years Centre is registered with Ofsted for up to 72 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Pennywell Early Years Centre?
South Hylton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Pennywell Early Years Centre?
You can call 0191 534 1004 and visit www.pennywellearlyyears.org.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY260693 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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