Sunshine Corner Nursery

The grounds of Aylesham primary, Attlee Avenue, Aylesham, Canterbury CT3 3BS
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  • Sunshine Corner Nursery, Canterbury
Sunshine Corner Nursery is run by a well-qualified, kind and caring team who make the most of indoor and outdoor learning environments in order to support positive early years learning.

The nursery offers 57 places a day and all professionals are trained to pursue key EYFS objectives.

Part of the Early Years Alliance, the nursery offers a friendly and secure approach to learning for children aged from birth to five years old.

A team of caring, friendly and qualified staff help each child develop at their own pace in a safe, friendly and fun environment and actively encourage parents to become involved in the life of the nursery.

Sunshine Corner is located in Kent, Canterbury, and was assessed as 'Good' by Ofsted on January 10th 2023.

The nursery is open from 7.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday, 51 weeks of the year (closed 1 week for Christmas), excluding bank holidays and three staff training days.

What they've been up to!

The children have been celebrating World Book Day and cultural events.

Impact on children's learning

• Learning about how different cultures have different celebrations and celebrating Martisor, the beginning of Spring.
• Being creative and making their own stories for World Book Day.
• Building on fine motor skills, communication and language and developing imaginations.

The children are still extending their learning by learning how stories are written and have and have a children's author coming to visit.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Hayley Nash (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 22

Registered Charity Number

  • 1096526

Total Places for Children

  • 57

Age Range

  • from 0 years 2 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Funding & Fees

  • Full day from £58.00

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-17:30
    Tuesday 07:30-17:30
    Wednesday 07:30-17:30
    Thursday 07:30-17:30
    Friday 07:30-17:30

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

Parking

  • Car parking available (please note) the gates will be closed between 8:30am-9am and 2.30pm-3pm
    Parking for baby unit parents only

Sunshine Corner Nursery Reviews (103)

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Sunshine Corner Nursery has a Review Score of 10 (9.953) out of 10, based on 25 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Sunshine Corner Nursery has 103 reviews.

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Review from Max T (Father of Child) published on 15 July 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We put our child into Sunshine Corner as it was the closest nursery to us. We've since moved, and it's half an hour out of our way, but he's still there. Why? Because no other nursery in the area has the quality of indoor and outdoor space, good opening times, feeds your kids and has great staff. There
isn't a better pre-school in Kent.
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Review from Olabimpe K (Mother of Child) published on 15 July 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Generally very competent in looking after children and excellent teaching by virtually all members of staff.
Reply from Sally Heathcote at Sunshine Corner Nursery
Thank you, we are pleased you are happy with the care and curriculum we provide for all the children within our nursery.
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Review from K G (Mother of Child) published on 18 October 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has attended Sunshine Corner for the past year and a half, starting in the baby room and moving up into the toddler room. Our experience of Sunshine Corner has been overwhelmingly positive, particularly as regards the staff who really get to know the children and regularly go above and beyond
to provide for the needs of each child. For example, our son's language development was delayed and the staff were committed to using baby sign language in order to enable him to communicate with staff and other children. Any queries or worries we have had have been addressed quickly and effectively and communication with parents generally is excellent. Most importantly, our son is always happy to be dropped off at nursery in the morning.
Reply from Clare Poole, Setting Manager at Sunshine Corner Nursery
Thank you K G, I am so pleased you feel the nursery addressed your son's needs effectively. It is so important to us that all parents/carers feel well supported. We strongly believe that early…read more
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Current Review Score: 10.0 (9.953)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 10 (9.953) out of 10 for Sunshine Corner Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 25 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 25 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:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.953 for Sunshine Corner Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (286 Excellents x 5) + (14 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 300 Ratings = 4.953
  2. 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 Sunshine Corner Nursery is based on 25 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 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
    2. 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 57 number of registered child places is 11.4, which has been reached with 25 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. 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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Awards / Recognitions (3)

Meet the Team (22)

Hayley

Hayley Nash

Job Title: Early Years Manager Joined: 2004

NVQ 4 in Childhood Studies

Sally

Sally Heathcote

Job Title: Early Years Assistant Manager Joined: 2010

Level 3 BTEC National Diploma/Senco.

Caitlan

Caitlan Nash

Job Title: Lead Early Years Educator Joined: 2019

Level 3 Early Years Educator
Studying level 5 Diploma for the Early Years senior practitioner

Donna

Donna Townsend

Job Title: Early Years Educator Joined: 2006

Level 4 NVQ

Tracy

Tracy Butcher

Job Title: Lead Early Years Educator Joined: 2010

NVQ Level 3

Georgina

Georgina Robson

Job Title: Early years Educator Joined: 2019

Cache Level 3

Emily

Emily Martin

Job Title: Early Years Assistant Joined: 2009

Cache Level 3

Maria

Maria Cudworth

Job Title: Early Years Educator Joined: 2016

Cache Level 3

Karen

Karen Jones

Job Title: Early Years Educator Joined: 2013

Cache Level 3

Toni

Toni Brazier

Job Title: Early Years Educator Joined: 2004

NVQ Level 3

Laura

Laura Motte-Styles

Job Title: Early Years Educator Joined: 2014

CACHE Level 3

Chanelle

Chanelle Shackleton

Job Title: Early Years Assistant Joined: 2015

Cache Level 3

Jessica

Jessica Sellwood

Job Title: Early Years Educator Joined: 2018

Cache Level 3

Ellie

Ellie Monks

Job Title: Early Years Educator Joined: 2022

Early Years Educator.

Millie

Millie Price

Job Title: Early Years Educator Joined: 2022

Cache Level 3.

Chloe-Ruth

Chloe-Ruth Fagg

Job Title: Early Years Educator Joined: 2025

Cache Level 2

Tillie

Tillie Young

Job Title: Early Years Educator Joined: 2025

Cache Level 3

Chloe

Chloe Jones

Job Title: Early Years Educator Joined: 2025

Cache Level 2

Nicola

Nicola Hanagan

Job Title: Early Years Cook Joined: 2016

NVQ 2 Diploma in Food Production and Cooking

Chantel

Chantel Espie

Job Title: Flexible Early Years Assistant Joined: 2022
Rojda

Rojda Eris

Job Title: Flexible Early Years Assistant Joined: 2025

Unqualified

Lily

Lily Motte-Styles

Job Title: Flexible Early Years Assistant Joined: 2024

Unqualified

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