Full-day nursery in Sumners, Essex
Sunflower Day Nursery
Broadley Road, Harlow, CM19 5RD · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- 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 2010Reference EY420513Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 11 June 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places50 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 19 October 2021Food 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
Broadley Road, Harlow, CM19 5RD · More nurseries in CM19
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including The Herald, Taylifers and Dunstalls.
Parks and playgrounds
- Tithelands Park8 min walk
- Kingsmoor Recreation Park8 min walk
- Sumners Paddling Pool playground3 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 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 Essex there are about 2.9 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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Sunflower Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Broadley Road, Harlow, CM19 5RD, in Sumners, Essex. It is registered for 50 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026). It is run by Great Parndon Community Association.
Run by Great Parndon Community Association (charity), which runs 4 nurseries.
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| Sunflower Day NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Nurture Pre-School at AbbotsweldFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.2 miles |
| Sunflower CoppiceSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.2 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Water Lane Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Milwards Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.5 miles
- Katherines Primary Academy and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.5 miles
- Kingsmoor Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.6 miles
- Jerounds Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.6 miles
- St Luke's Catholic Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 0.9 miles
- St James Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.9 miles
- Longwood Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 1.1 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 Sunflower Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sunflower Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 11 June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sunflower Day Nursery take?
Sunflower Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 50 children at any one time.
Who runs Sunflower Day Nursery?
Sunflower Day Nursery is run by Great Parndon Community Association, which runs 4 nurseries.
How do I contact Sunflower Day Nursery?
You can call 01279 430436.
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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.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY420513 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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