Full-day nursery in St Mary's, Southampton
Sunrise Day Nursery
Southampton City College, St. Mary Street, Southampton, SO14 1AR · 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 September 2005Reference EY313729Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 1 February 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places81 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 22 October 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
Southampton City College, St. Mary Street, Southampton, SO14 1AR · More nurseries in SO14
Stations
- Woolston21 min walk · 0.8 miles
- Southampton Central21 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including City College, Kingsland Market and Terminus Terrace.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hoglands Park3 min walk
- The Compass Park3 min walk
- Houndwell Park7 min walk
- Palmerston Park7 min walk
- East (Andrews) Park10 min walk
- Playground4 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 Southampton there are about 3.2 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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Sunrise Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Southampton City College, St. Mary Street, Southampton, SO14 1AR, in St Mary's, Southampton. It is registered for 81 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.5 from 17 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Little Shipmates Group Limited.
Run by Little Shipmates Group Limited (company), which runs 5 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Hope Community School Southampton Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.1 miles
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.2 miles
- St John's Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.6 miles
- Mount Pleasant Infants Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 0.7 miles
- Mount Pleasant Juniors Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected June 2023 0.8 miles
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected April 2025 1.0 miles
- Ludlow Infant Academy Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 1.0 miles
- Woolston Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 1.0 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 Sunrise Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sunrise Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 1 February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sunrise Day Nursery take?
Sunrise Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 81 children at any one time.
Who runs Sunrise Day Nursery?
Sunrise Day Nursery is run by Little Shipmates Group Limited, which runs 5 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Sunrise Day Nursery?
Woolston is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Sunrise Day Nursery?
You can call 023 8082 9393 and visit www.littleshipmates.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 EY313729 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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