Full-day nursery in Round Hill, Wakefield
Sunflower Daycare
Houghton House, 131a Leeds Road, Glasshoughton, Castleford, WF10 5JT · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Houghton House, 131a Leeds Road, Glasshoughton, Castleford, WF10 5JT · More nurseries in WF10
Stations
- Glasshoughton14 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Castleford16 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Joffre Avenue, Castleford College and Larch Court.
Parks and playgrounds
- Quarry Park2 min walk
- Leeds Road Recreational Park4 min walk
- Smawthorne Park6 min walk
- King George's Field10 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Manor Grove Recreactional Park playground6 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 Wakefield there are about 4.7 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 Daycare is a full-day nursery at Houghton House, 131a Leeds Road, Glasshoughton, Castleford, WF10 5JT, in Round Hill, Wakefield. It is registered for 56 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 5 reviews (October 2026).
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| Sunflower DaycareThis 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
- Smawthorne Henry Moore Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2020 0.1 miles
- Half Acres Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Glasshoughton Infant Academy Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.6 miles
- Castleford Park Junior Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.6 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.9 miles
- Ackton Pastures Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.9 miles
- The Grange School ages 5–14 1.2 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 Daycare's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sunflower Daycare Good at its inspection on 25 September 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sunflower Daycare take?
Sunflower Daycare is registered with Ofsted for up to 56 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Sunflower Daycare?
Glasshoughton is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Sunflower Daycare?
You can call 07858 922822 and visit sunflowerdaycare.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 October 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2700957 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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