Sunnybank Nursery

Chesterfield Road, Calow, Chesterfield S44 5UN
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Care Provided by Sunnybank Nursery

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Good to Know

  • Owner
  • Dr Peter Cannon & Alison Cannon
  • Person in charge
  • Christine Law (Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 13
  • Total Places for Children
  • 36
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 4 years 11 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:00-18:00
    Tuesday 07:00-18:00
    Wednesday 07:00-18:00
    Thursday 07:00-18:00
    Friday 07:00-18:00
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

Funding & Fees Guide for Sunnybank Nursery

  • Please see our website for our full price list
  • Parking

  • Car park available to the rear of the property.


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Sunnybank Nursery Reviews (64)

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Sunnybank Nursery has a Review Score of 10 (9.970) out of 10, based on 14 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Sunnybank Nursery has 64 reviews.

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Review from L M (Mother of Child) published on 10 January 2024
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has now left Sunnybank to start school, but has some lovely memories here. The staff are brilliant and really care about all the children. My daughter came on so much during her two years at Sunnybank. She especially enjoyed the outside area and all the fun activities. The staff are so dedicated
and nothing is too much trouble. They are also very accommodating. I definitely would recommend Sunnybank.

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Review from S L (Mother of Child) published on 29 December 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The staff at Sunnybank Nursery go above and beyond for all children in their care. They work tirelessly to meet all care needs for children and to make the environment homely to make the transition easier for the children.

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Review from H L (Mother of Child) published on 15 December 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our daughter started at Sunnybank at age 9 months in September. We could not be happier with the facilities and staff. They have been welcoming, caring and supportive from day one. They have made our daughter, ourselves as parents and our older son feel welcome and part of a community, involving us
in events and activities. Sunnybank has created a warm and nurturing environment for our little girl to thrive. She enjoys going and always has a smile on her face at drop-off and pick-up. The staff take a personal interest in her and ensures her needs are being met. The staff go above and beyond and we couldn't thank them enough.

Reply from Christine Law, Manager at Sunnybank Nursery

Thank you for such a lovely review, we are so pleased!


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Review from L E (Mother of Child) published on 12 December 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Sunnybank is a fabulous nursery. Since attending, my son has come on in his confidence and learning amazingly well. He's excited to go in every day, which tells me everything I need to know. He is very happy here. The staff are incredible and I see them as an extension of our family in many ways, they
genuinely care about the children in their care and have been a huge support to our family in general during some difficult circumstances. I can't recommend them enough and wouldn't hesitate to make the same decision again on where to send my child. The only area I haven't rated as excellent is the outside space, only because there is more bare earth than grass at the moment, but having run into the owners at pick up a few weeks ago I think there are plans to update the things soon.

Reply from Christine Law, Manager at Sunnybank Nursery

What a wonderful review thank you! We will be including parents in our garden provision plans very soon!


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Review from Rebecca K (Mother of Child) published on 11 December 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

A fantastic team of caring and knowledgeable staff. Great learning resources and brilliant classes and outside space. The meals are all prepared and cooked on site by a great chef and a great variation of menus. I have received lots of help and support from the staff there and can't thank them enough.

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Review from Lucy S (Mother of Child) published on 11 December 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My 2 year old has attended Sunnybank since March of this year. The staff are all angels, so accommodating and friendly, they are my little boys second family. He loves going to nursery and has come on leaps and bounds since starting.
When looking at nurseries, the outdoor space was important to us
and Sunnybank has such a lovely garden and the children are always outside when the weather allows.
I love seeing what my boy has been up to throughout the day via pictures uploaded onto the app, activities are well planned and a lot of effort goes in. We feel like we struck gold with this nursery and would recommend to anyone.

Reply from Christine Law, Manager at Sunnybank Nursery

Thank you for a beautiful review of Sunnybank!


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Review from S M (Mother of Child) published on 8 December 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Extremely happy with the care provided for my little boy. The staff are friendly and attentive. They are always coming up with new and engaging activities which my son loves. The communication has always been great! We wouldn’t go anywhere else.

Reply from Christine Law, Manager at Sunnybank Nursery

Thank you for your kind review of Sunnybank, we adore the time spent teaching and caring for your son!


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Review from Will M (Father of Child) published on 8 December 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Sunnybank Nursery have taken such amazing care of my little boy, all the staff and management take personal care of our children and ensure they are well-supported and educated. I fully trust Sunnybank with my most precious little boy.

Reply from Christine Law, Manager at Sunnybank Nursery

Thank you for such a fantastic review of Sunnybank!


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Review from A G (Mother of Child) published on 8 December 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Lovely nurturing nursery. Both my little children go there and love it, the staff are warm and welcoming and it is like a home from home. They do different creative actives with them and always encourage outdoor play.

Reply from Christine Law, Manager at Sunnybank Nursery

Thank you for your lovely review, we love caring for your family!


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Review from Sooraj R (Father of Child) published on 8 December 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Started sending my daughter to Sunnybank Nursery from November, was worried about how she would be doing there but to a lot of surprise she suited well to the atmosphere of nursery. The staff are supportive and excellent. Could able to see quite a change in her hobbies also and engaging more in activities
like playing with other children. And most importantly we could really get all the activities updated also. Definitely going to recommend the nursery to my friends.

Reply from Christine Law, Manager at Sunnybank Nursery

Thank you so much for your response! Your daughter has settled very quickly and we are glad you chose Sunnybank!


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Review from Heather G (Mother of Child) published on 8 December 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Absolutely love this nursery, they are so good for adapting needs of the children.
Daughter loves it here and our baby boy has settled in really well.
Excellent value for money.
Daughter has came on so much and developed her needs.

Reply from Christine Law, Manager at Sunnybank Nursery

Thank you for such a wonderful review! It's a pleasure to care for both children.


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Review from Paige H (Mother of Child) published on 8 December 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Sunnybank Nursery is absolutely fantastic! My daughter is only in Rabbits so she'll progress to Hare's when she's older but in Rabbit's we've had the best experience. I love seeing the activities she's been up to on the app! All the staff also update her care diary every day so I can see when she's
had a nappy change and what food she has eaten throughout the day. The staff in Rabbit's are all brilliant, but we absoutely love her key worker, my daughter has come on with her development so much since attending! She enjoys nursery so much it's her favourite place! I know my daughter can be difficult sometimes so I'm so grateful for the work all the staff do. Sunnybank also holds little events and parties for the children (e.g. Halloween party) which I think is really nice and a lot of effort is put into it. The manager Is lovely too and does a fantastic job at what she does. The whole team is a credit to the nursery. I'm so grateful we found Sunnybank. Would 100% recommend.

Reply from Christine Law, Manager at Sunnybank Nursery

What a wonderful review that really reflects everything we set out to achieve at Sunnybank! Our little home-from-home family extension.


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Review from L S (Mother of Child) published on 7 December 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Myself and my child have had the best experience ever with this wonderful nursery. The staff are all wonderful, kind, caring and helpful. They've shown my child nothing but support and compassion during his settling in stage, they have helped me with areas of concern for my child and they go above and
beyong every single day for the children they care for. My child adores all the staff members and genuinely loves and enjoys going to each session. They provide my child with stimulating enjoyable activities in which he can learn and play and stay entertained all at the same time.

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Review from Georgia H (Mother of Child) published on 7 December 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Sunnybank Nursery are wonderful with our son. All of the staff are friendly and very supportive. They have been very helpful in the process of getting referrals for our son due to his developmental delay and have made the process much easier, we are so grateful.

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Review from L J (Mother of Child) published on 31 January 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Sunnybank and its staff have been an absolute lifesaver for my son and our family. They are wonderful, and he loves going to nursery. I feel 100% comfortable and happy with sending my son there four days a week because I trust the staff completely, and they feel like family.

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Review from A W (Mother of Child) published on 25 January 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Sunnybank is an absolutely wonderful day nursery setting. The staff are incredible and go above and beyond to make sure that our child is happy and developing - they feel like a family who cares just as much about our children. They do different activities and especially do lots of outdoorsy things,
which our child loves.
Recently the staff have been doing activities and intervention strategies specifically for our child to help their development in a few key areas, and this has helped so much! Our child gets really excited when they see the staff there and often doesn't want to come home.
I really can't say how brilliant Sunnybank is and how thankful we are as parents that our child attends the setting - where they are safe, happy, and developing.

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Review from L W (Mother of Child) published on 25 January 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

A friendly and welcoming nursery. The staff are all lovely and really get to know the children. This is my first child, so it was daunting sending her to the nursery, but the nursery was so lovely to me and my daughter with her settling-in sessions and when she started, which was so lovely. They really
made the effort to get to know us as a family, and it made me feel a lot better, and knowing how happy my daughter is at nursery is everything. She is always happy when she is there.
The nursery has also been very supportive of my daughter's dietary requirements and ensures she is never left out.
I could not wish for a better nursery.

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Review from Nicole W (Mother of Child) published on 24 January 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My little girl started last year - 2022. She is forever happy going into the nursery to see all her workers and friends. The staff are so helpful and do anything they can to excel in their performance.
Will always recommend Sunnybank.

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Review from Lucy B (Mother of Child) published on 24 January 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Absolutely fantastic nursery with fantastic staff. They have gone above and beyond to adapt to our child's needs. This is our 2nd child who is attending this nursery, and we would recommend it to all family and friends.

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Review from Lauren R (Mother of Child) published on 24 January 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter started Sunnybank Nursery in September 2022. Since she started, I can honestly say she has come on in leaps and bounds; she has learnt so much and has really benefited from being with different children and the lovely staff! During December, especially, they invited her to take part in a
number of activities even on the days she wasn't there, which I thought was really nice that they wanted to include her. The staff are fantastic and welcome her each and every morning with the biggest smile. She is a sensitive child, and slowly but surely, she's really coming out of her shell! Im pleased that we chose this nursery for her, and we can't wait to see what this next year brings!
Thank you, Sunnybank!

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Current Review Score: 10.0 (9.970)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 10 (9.970) out of 10 for Sunnybank Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 14 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 14 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.970 for Sunnybank Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (163 Excellents x 5) + (5 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 168 Ratings = 4.97

  • b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').

    The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Sunnybank Nursery is based on 14 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4

    • ii) 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 36 number of registered child places is 7.2, which has been reached with 14 Positive reviews. Points = 1

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Sunnybank Nursery

What is the Age Range of Children that Sunnybank Nursery accepts?

Sunnybank Nursery accepts Children aged from 0 years 3 months to 4 years 11 months.

What Days & Hours is Sunnybank Nursery Open?

Sunnybank Nursery is open: Monday 07:00-18:00, Tuesday 07:00-18:00, Wednesday 07:00-18:00, Thursday 07:00-18:00, Friday 07:00-18:00.

How many Children does Sunnybank Nursery have capacity for?

Sunnybank Nursery has capacity for a total of 36 Children.

How far is Sunnybank Nursery to the centre of Chesterfield?

2.3 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.

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