Full-day nursery in Balderstone, Rochdale
Sunflower Nurseries Limited
Chapelfield House, Platting Lane, Rochdale, OL11 2HD · 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 February 2011Reference EY418988Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 24 April 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places63 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 14 November 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
Chapelfield House, Platting Lane, Rochdale, OL11 2HD · More nurseries in OL11
Stations
- Rochdale20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Charlotte Street, Broad Lane and Turnhill Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Balderstone Park2 min walk
- Balderstone Park playground4 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground12 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 Rochdale there are about 3.3 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 Nurseries Limited is a full-day nursery at Chapelfield House, Platting Lane, Rochdale, OL11 2HD, in Balderstone, Rochdale. It is registered for 63 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (October 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 under 0.1 miles
- Lowerplace Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11 0.4 miles
- Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Sandbrook Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.5 miles
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 0.6 miles
- Deeplish Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 0.6 miles
- Nuqtah Primary School ages 4–11 0.7 miles
- Ashfield Valley Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 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 Sunflower Nurseries Limited's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sunflower Nurseries Limited Good at its inspection on 24 April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sunflower Nurseries Limited take?
Sunflower Nurseries Limited is registered with Ofsted for up to 63 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Sunflower Nurseries Limited?
Rochdale is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Sunflower Nurseries Limited?
You can call 01706 640340.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 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
- 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY418988 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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