Full-day nursery in Ruscote, Oxfordshire
The Sunshine Centre
The Sunshine Centre, Edmunds Road, BANBURY, OX16 0PJ · 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 2006Reference EY338625Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 14 May 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places91 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 31 May 2023Food 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
The Sunshine Centre, Edmunds Road, BANBURY, OX16 0PJ · More nurseries in OX16
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Bradley Arcade, Arundel Place and Dover Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Princess Diana Park1 min walk
- Dover Avenue Park2 min walk
- Hastings Road Park4 min walk
- Thornbury Rise Park8 min walk
- Stanbridge Park8 min walk
- Playground1 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 Oxfordshire 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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The Sunshine Centre is a full-day nursery at The Sunshine Centre, Edmunds Road, BANBURY, OX16 0PJ, in Ruscote, Oxfordshire. It is registered for 91 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 4.8 from 5 reviews (November 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 Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.1 miles
- Orchard Fields Community School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected November 2024 0.3 miles
- William Morris Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected July 2025 0.4 miles
- Frank Wise School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.5 miles
- Hill View Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.6 miles
- Queensway School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.7 miles
- Hardwick Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.9 miles
- Harriers Banbury Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: 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 The Sunshine Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Sunshine Centre Good at its inspection on 14 May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Sunshine Centre take?
The Sunshine Centre is registered with Ofsted for up to 91 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to The Sunshine Centre?
Banbury is the nearest station we know of, 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact The Sunshine Centre?
You can call 01295 276769 and visit www.sunshinecentre.org.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY338625 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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