Full-day nursery in Downend, South Gloucestershire
Sunbeams Day Nursery
31-35 Dibden Road, BRISTOL, BS16 6UE · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementGood
- 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 November 1999Reference 136091Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 11 July 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places38 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 8 June 2026Food 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
31-35 Dibden Road, BRISTOL, BS16 6UE · More nurseries in BS16
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Beaufort Road, Berkeley Close and Westerleigh Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Leap Valley9 min walk
- Emersons Green Park10 min walk
- Beaufort Road play area playground3 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 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 South Gloucestershire there are about 2.4 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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Sunbeams Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 31-35 Dibden Road, BRISTOL, BS16 6UE, in Downend, South Gloucestershire. It is registered for 38 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 32 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunbeams Day NurseryThis nursery | Good | 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
- Blackhorse Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.3 miles
- St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.4 miles
- Emersons Green Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- Stanbridge Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.5 miles
- Barley Close Community Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected May 2024 0.5 miles
- Bromley Heath Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 0.6 miles
- Bromley Heath Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Outstandinginspected January 2023 0.6 miles
- Mangotsfield Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected May 2025 0.8 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Sunbeams Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sunbeams Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 11 July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sunbeams Day Nursery take?
Sunbeams Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 38 children at any one time.
How do I contact Sunbeams Day Nursery?
You can call 0117 956 6060 and visit www.sunbeams-daynursery.com.
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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 136091 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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