Full-day nursery in Desborough, North Northamptonshire
Sunshine Pre-School
The Pavillion, Recreation Ground, Dunkirk Avenue, Desborough, NN14 2UB · 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 1992Reference 219999Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 15 November 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places25 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 6 May 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Pavillion, Recreation Ground, Dunkirk Avenue, Desborough, NN14 2UB · More nurseries in NN14
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Paddock Lane, Breakleys Road and Station Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Millenium Green4 min walk
- Desborough Greenspace7 min walk
- Desborough Pocket Park7 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground11 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 North Northamptonshire there are about 3.5 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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Sunshine Pre-School is a full-day nursery at The Pavillion, Recreation Ground, Dunkirk Avenue, Desborough, NN14 2UB, in Desborough, North Northamptonshire. It is registered for 25 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Havelock Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Havelock Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected January 2024 0.1 miles
- Loatlands Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2022 0.5 miles
- Rothwell Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected September 2024 1.3 miles
- Rothwell Victoria Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 1.3 miles
- Montsaye Academy Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Inadequateinspected November 2023 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 Sunshine Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sunshine Pre-School Good at its inspection on 15 November 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sunshine Pre-School take?
Sunshine Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 25 children at any one time.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 219999 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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