Sandhills Day Nursery Wolverhampton

Springhill Lane, Lower Penn, Wolverhampton WV4 4TJ
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9.5 136 Reviews
  • Sandhills Day Nursery Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton
The nursery offers exceptional care, enriched by unique learning opportunities for your child. One such experience is child-friendly cooking classes, helping to equip children with valuable skills and deeper knowledge of the cooking process.

The stunning nursery is over two floors and consistes of 8 rooms; 3 baby rooms, 3 toddler rooms and 2 Pre-School rooms. Each room has been purposely designed and resourced for a particular age group. On the first floor, there are 4 children’s rooms along with a community room and a reflections room.

On the ground floor, in addition to 4 children’s rooms, there is a library. All of the rooms have access to an outdoor space which all have breathtaking views of the countryside, ensuring plenty of space for outdoor exploring. The nursery is set in a beautiful 3-acre site so the children are often found outside discovering new things in nature and the environment.

At Wolverhampton, the nursery have paid thoughtful attention to creating an environment that enables children to develop relationships with the world around them, themselves and each other. They see the adult as not the giver of knowledge, but instead children search out the knowledge through their own investigations.

The Reggio Emilia approach is known for regarding the environment as the third teacher. All rooms have materials that are easily accessible, uncluttered and inviting. Staff work with the indoor and outdoor environment to ensure the space children use is a source of learning opportunity.

The Reggio inspired nursery respects the need for comfort and a place to pause, for both children and adults alike.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Blair Solly (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 37

Total Places for Children

  • 105

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Funding & Fees

  • Full Day Session £74.30 (Under 3)
    Full Day Session £73.00 (Over 3)

  • A £100 non-refundable registration fee is required to secure a place. Exact days of attendance should be confirmed no later than 6 weeks prior to the child’s start date. Any changes are subject to availability.

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Parking

  • There is a large on site car park which can be used by parents, visitors and staff.

Sandhills Day Nursery Wolverhampton Reviews (136)

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Sandhills Day Nursery Wolverhampton has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.530) out of 10, based on 14 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Sandhills Day Nursery Wolverhampton has 136 reviews.

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Review from A B (Mother of Child) published on 3 December 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Every morning I feel so happy and lucky to drop my boy off.
The Sandhills staff have been incredible and made us all feel so welcome. My baby has developed and progressed so much in the few months he has attended I can't thank you all enough.
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Review from K C (Mother of Child) published on 5 September 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Sandhills is a fantastic nursery to send your little ones to. I really do feel like they set the standard for everyone else. Within a week of my daughter attending the nursery I felt she was safe, secure and happy. The girls are all so welcoming and always make you feel valued. All the staff cannot
do enough for you and always greet you with a smile. The nursery facilities are amazing with everything you could wish for your child and more.
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Review from Anjna M (Mother of Child) published on 21 August 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent staff and management team and listen very carefully to the unique needs of our child with a critical illness. The welcome is always warm and friendly. You can see they care about the child's development as we notice our child expresses new things she has learned. We have had the most incredible
support and kindness from everyone at Sandhills, awesome team.
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Review from N C (Mother of Child) published on 5 August 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent staff and facility, very pleased my child is with Sandhills, Lower Penn. Highly recommended.
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Review from M S (Father of Child) published on 5 August 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Our son has settled wonderfully and enjoys the interesting environment. The interaction with staff is very good. Highly recommend.
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Review from B A (Mother of Child) published on 5 August 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our daughter has always enjoyed attending Sandhills from the early age of five months. Now two years we have watched her grow from a baby to a beautiful toddler. She has gained a lot of confidence to communicate with other children and adults. Her development has been fantastic, we feel she has always
had such a great support network from all the staff at Sandhills. Thank you.
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Review from C H (Mother of Child) published on 12 July 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Sandhills have always provided a very high standard of care for our son. During this time at Sandhills, he has learned a lot of new things, delivered new skills and had lots of fun playing with the staff, other children and toys. We would not hesitate to recommend Sandhills to others.
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Review from S S (Mother of Child) published on 11 July 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have always been happy with the service and environment st Sandhills and since the move to the new premises, my positive experience has only grown. The facilities are first class and their rate are highly competitive. The new nursery provides a home from home environment that is warm and welcoming,
friendly staff who are caring and passionate about the nursery, really the complete package.
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Review from Jessica K (Mother of Child) published on 24 June 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our daughter has gone from strength to strength under Sandhills’ care. We’ve been so happy with the care and support received and recommend to anyone looking for a day Nursery in the Wolverhampton area.
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Review from Paul D (Father of Child) published on 7 May 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Wonderful nursery and extremely accommodating. When having to close their existing Codsall branch they made arrangements for us to be moved to the new Wolverhampton branch, which is fantastic.


Good layout, caring and fun staff who look after all children brilliantly. Our little boy really enjoys

going to nursery due to the great number of things on offer to explore, plan and learn with/from.


Would recommend any parent to Sandhills as we have had nothing but wonderful experiences.

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Review from Irina C (Mother of Child) published on 17 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I recommend the Sandhills Day Nursery with all my heart and confidence. The staff is excellent. I thank them for all the love, hard work, careful understanding that they have shown. I give them 10 stars.
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Review from Natalie M (Mother of Child) published on 16 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our daughter has settled in so well at the new nursery in Lower Penn, originally moving over from Sandhills in Codsall. This is due to the staff dealing with the move over from Codsall well and having such a great rapport with her - and then there's the building and equipment (the bespoke wooden climbing
frame in the room!)
They do some really fab activities with the children daily too. My daughter regularly comes home with one of her wild creations, which, after a bad day at work, really puts a smile on your face! She just has fun... and is thoroughly cared for throughout the day. I can't recommend this nursery or the staff enough, for making us feel so at ease with putting our daughter into nursery full time. Thank you.
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Review from Gemma (Mother of Child) published on 11 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The nursery has excellent facilities, a good balance of focus on learning and fun and the staff are excellent.
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Review from Lisa D (Mother of Child) published on 10 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been attending Sandhills since October 2017 and has recently moved from the Codsall site to the new Wolverhampton Nursery. He has always loved his time at Sandhills and even more so in the new purpose built site. The facilities at the Wolverhampton nursery are excellent and the safety of
the children is exceptional. I am so pleased with the new building and it is worth the additional commute since the move. The access to the outside space from the toddler rooms is fantastic - he spends so much time having fun outdoors which is wonderful!


The staff are so helpful and kind and a pleasure to deal with. He is currently potty training and the staff have been so supportive through this new stage of his development. I'm so very grateful for the support and encouragement they have provided both my son and myself.


I can't recommend Sandhills enough.

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Review from Aimee H (Mother of Child) published on 10 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This is a fantastic nursery, the staff are amazing and my little girl loves ‘her teachers’. You are greeted by a warm and friendly atmosphere. My daughter loves attending and actually asks to go and play with her friends. I would highly recommend Sandhills to anyone who would listen, fantastic, fun,
safe and happy place! Thank you Sandhills for all you do!
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Review from Iram I (Mother of Child) published on 10 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent child care with attention to detail and very caring, loving and affectionate staff. It’s actually a joy to leave my child in their care as they learn so much along with gaining self confidence and etiquettes.


The new premise is absolutely amazing and I am already looking forward to using

their holiday club in the future.
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Review from Andrew S (Father of Child) published on 10 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very happy with the nursery. My son has been attending for a year now and with the recent move to this new site, the staff have been fantastic in making it go as smoothly as possible, with minimal disruption to the kids and parents.
My boy has settled straight in and thoroughly enjoys his days there.
Staff are always smiling and stop to chat or say hello to me and my son, regardless whether they work with him in his room or not. The use of 'real' resources alongside regular children's things is a nice touch, as is the whole design of the nursery - very homely.
Security is also good, CCTV visible throughout and around the grounds. Highly recommended.
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Review from Asha A (Mother of Child) published on 10 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent nursery with fantastic staff and a wealth of activities to enhance my child’s development.
My son really enjoys coming to nursery after finding it very challenging in the beginning but the staff are so patient, caring and persevered to make my son's transition to nursery as smooth as possible,
putting his wants and needs at the forefront; alleviating any concerns I had.
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Review from Sarah J (Mother of Child) published on 8 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very happy with the new nursery staff. Very happy and polite. Food is healthy and of wide variety. No concerns.
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Review from S W (Mother of Child) published on 8 April 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our daughter receives a very good standard of care at Sandhills, she is very happy and content and sometimes does not want to leave at the end of the day, all good signs that she is being left in a comfortable, caring and safe environment which gives us the confidence that we chose the right nursery
for her. The staff do a great job, are friendly and my daughter's development has come on no end. Thank you to all the staff at Sandhills! I would have no problem at all in highly recommending this nursery.
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Current Review Score: 9.5 (9.530)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.5 (9.530) out of 10 for Sandhills Day Nursery Wolverhampton is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 14 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.7 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:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.863 for Sandhills Day Nursery Wolverhampton is calculated as follows: ( (147 Excellents x 5) + (19 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 168 Ratings = 4.863
  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 4.667 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Sandhills Day Nursery Wolverhampton 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:

    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 105 number of registered child places is 21. 14 Positive Reviews ÷ 21 = 0.667
  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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Blair

Blair Solly

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2023

Hi, I'm Blair and I'm the Nursery Manager at Sandhills Day Nursery Wolverhampton.


Childcare has changed such a lot over the years but what never changes is the reason why I entered into this profession all those years ago; and that is to ensure that the children within our care get the best start in life that we can possibly give them.


We look forward to welcoming you to our nursery!

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