Sessional pre-school in Upper Knowle, Bristol
Sunshine Under Fives Pre-school
St Gerard's Church Hall, Buller Road, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 2LN · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
St Gerard's Church Hall, Buller Road, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 2LN · More nurseries in BS4
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Jubilee Road, Lodway Road and Priory Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Arnos Court Park5 min walk
- Redcatch Park9 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Redcatch Park Play Ground 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 Bristol there are about 3.9 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 Under Fives Pre-school is a sessional pre-school at St Gerard's Church Hall, Buller Road, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 2LN, in Upper Knowle, Bristol. It is registered for 35 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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| Sunshine Under Fives Pre-schoolThis nursery | Outstanding | 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
- Cleve House School ages 3–16has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- West Town Lane Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.5 miles
- Holymead Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.6 miles
- Hillcrest Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.6 miles
- Knowle Park Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.6 miles
- Ilminster Avenue Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.9 miles
- E-ACT Ilminster Avenue Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected March 2025 0.9 miles
- St Philips Marsh Nursery School and Barton Hill Childrens Centre/Cashmore Early Years Centre Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 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 Sunshine Under Fives Pre-school's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sunshine Under Fives Pre-school Outstanding at its inspection on 18 May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sunshine Under Fives Pre-school take?
Sunshine Under Fives Pre-school is registered with Ofsted for up to 35 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Sunshine Under Fives Pre-school?
Bristol Temple Meads is the nearest station we know of, 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Sunshine Under Fives Pre-school?
You can call 0117 977 4170 and visit www.sunshinepreschool.org.uk.
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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 107076 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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