Full-day nursery in The Elms, Derbyshire
Sunny Days Preschool Nursery Ltd
109a Derby Road, RIPLEY, DE5 3HT · 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
109a Derby Road, RIPLEY, DE5 3HT · More nurseries in DE5
Buses
25 bus stops within 400 m, including Springs Centre, Medical Centre and Holly Avenue 14.
Parks and playgrounds
- Pit Top5 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 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 Derbyshire there are about 3.4 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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Sunny Days Preschool Nursery Ltd is a full-day nursery at 109a Derby Road, RIPLEY, DE5 3HT, in The Elms, Derbyshire. It is registered for 34 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.5 from 8 reviews (November 2026).
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| Sunny Days Preschool Nursery LtdThis 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
- Ripley Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.3 miles
- Ripley Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.3 miles
- Ripley Nursery School Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2023 0.4 miles
- Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- Lons Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.8 miles
- Waingroves Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.8 miles
- Codnor Community Primary School Church of England Controlled Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 1.1 miles
- Street Lane Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2022 1.2 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 Sunny Days Preschool Nursery Ltd's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sunny Days Preschool Nursery Ltd Good at its inspection on 9 May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sunny Days Preschool Nursery Ltd take?
Sunny Days Preschool Nursery Ltd is registered with Ofsted for up to 34 children at any one time.
How do I contact Sunny Days Preschool Nursery Ltd?
You can call 07814 435899 and visit www.sunnydayspreschoolnurseryltd.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
- 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 EY478092 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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