Description
Contact Information
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Phone Number01362 692935
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Details
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Group/OwnerNina Hopson
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Person in ChargeJenny Wicks (Manager)
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Number of Staff23
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When ClosedBank Holdays & 1 week at Christmas
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Type of ServiceDay Nursery – Privately Owned Open all year Full Day Care
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Total Places for children63
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Age rangefrom 0 years 2 months to 13 years 11 months
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Opening DaysMon-Fri
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Opening Hours0730-1800
Spencer Jarvis
October 4, 2024 at 6:06 pmShe is so well looked after while there.
She was highly nervous the first week but now absolutely loves attending. Would 100% suggest this childcare centre to anyone looking for the perfect place! My little girl has been attending since April 2021, and my son attended around 6 years ago, and I cannot fault the childcare centre at all.
Arden Brooks
October 7, 2024 at 4:44 pmShe has had a excellent time there and being able to find childcare that is so easily accessible and welcoming in the school holidays has been a lifesaver. She has taken part in lots of activities during her sessions there and is consistently cheerful to go.
The administration team are highly supportive in sorting out funding queries and general session bookings. My daughter has attended the holiday club at the childcare centre during two school holidays so far, and I would have no hesitation in sending her again.
Indigo Finch
October 10, 2024 at 7:38 amThere’s consistently so much to do! He gets fed tea which is a bonus to have that option. The team are so welcoming and can’t do enough! My son was diagnosed with ADHD earlier this year and the girls have been incredible with him, they have adapted to suit his needs and have noticed the signs of when he struggles. They took it upon themselves to write a positive assistance plan before his diagnosis and since then they have adapted it and reviewed it regularly. I honestly couldn’t suggest this childcare centre enough! My son started Funstop at the beginning of the year and he absolutely loves going!
River Hayden
November 9, 2024 at 2:31 pmThey have settled her in truly well and been truly compassionate to her. We have already seen an improvement in her self‑assurance when seeing people outside of our immediate family. They keep us up to date with all her development truly well. Our daughter has been at the childcare centre for 1 and a half months now.
Phoenix Frost
January 2, 2025 at 1:09 pmWe have 3-year-old twin boys who joined the childcare centre this year, in May. They have previously been with a childminder and we were a little concerned about how they would be in a bigger setting. The team at East Dereham Day Childcare centre put our minds at rest and made the boys sense welcome and cheerful from the first session. They adore going to childcare centre and are consistently excited to go in! We sense truly supported by the childcare centre and sense they go the extra mile to help our boys and keep us informed on how they are getting on. I am so glad we chose East Dereham Day childcare centre! Our journey with East Dereham Day Childcare centre has been remarkable.
Alex Hobbs
January 5, 2025 at 9:28 pmWe were given a day to go and view the childcare centre with the twins and they thoroughly enjoyed it. Watching the boys playtime with the toys and run about so freely made me and my partner sense so at ease. The team were so welcoming and the boys took to them highly quickly! Me and my partner left the childcare centre knowing our boys would be loving the time they have there! The team are so encouraging with the kids and keep parents updated on their development.
We highly suggest this childcare centre to anyone who is struggling to find a place for their kids! I enrolled my twin boys into the childcare centre in September feeling highly anxious and nervous.
Sidney Rowe
January 8, 2025 at 6:58 pmConsistently welcomed with a smile; both kids and parents/carers.
Consistently focused on welcoming the kid every morning, referencing to the pictures added into Tapestry and therefore our kid engages instantly. This is hugely supportive on a Monday morning in particular, when our little one can be reluctant to go into childcare centre. This is not a problem when he is greeted so wonderfully every day. It is highly reassuring for us as parents.
Our kid speaks highly highly of all adults in his room at childcare centre. In previous settings, he has had a favourite and has not liked some team but here he adores everyone. He is highly cheerful at childcare centre and has made some lovely friendships with the kids in his room too. The team are nurturing, compassionate and genuinely care.
The childcare centre are quick to help with issues and answer our questions through Famly and Tapestry. Highly compassionate and nurturing team.
Lennon Lang
January 8, 2025 at 9:43 pmThe team at East Dereham day childcare centre made us both sense welcome and cheerful. My baby settled with no tears and is consistently more than cheerful to come. He loves exploring all of the different toys and he loves getting messy in the paint. I would highly suggest this childcare centre if you are looking for somewhere cheerful, welcoming and accommodating. Being a first-time mum it was rather daunting leaving my baby.
Justice Frost
January 31, 2025 at 8:09 pmThe team are all so lovely and welcoming and they helped my son’s self‑assurance grow. He now attends breakfast club each morning as he just loves going and seeing all the lovely team. Highly suggest. My son attended East Dereham Day Childcare centre and absolutely loved it.
Blake Jarvis
February 5, 2025 at 11:16 amLots of incredible activities take place like yoga and visits with animals, etc. and the team are lovely.
My daughter loves every minute at the childcare centre. My sister went to East Dereham years ago, my eldest went a few years back and now my youngest has the pleasure of attending too.
Avery Brooks
February 23, 2025 at 10:02 pmThe team there are so incredibly welcoming; every session she completed, they left a lovely review on how my daughter got on via the app they have, which I and her father truly looked forward to reading.
The pictures they shared showed her having enjoyable with her other friends, exploring all the different toys and playtime areas they have, which were lovely for us to see.
We were so nervous as parents sending her to the childcare centre, but we couldn’t have made a better decision. Knowing she is secure and having enjoyable gives us such peace of mind, and being able to delight in some time off knowing my daughter is looked after perfectly is incredible. Looking forward to her future within the childcare centre! My daughter has just completed her 3 settling sessions within East Dereham Day Childcare centre, and all I can say is wow.
Dakota Bishop
March 26, 2025 at 2:15 amHe often struggles in social situations but he’s been put at ease from day one and he loves spending time at the childcare centre. On a side note the admin team are truly exceptional. All of the team do an incredible job but the admin side of things is run like a well oiled machine. Outstanding! My son hugely enjoys the holiday club.
Reese Holland
April 16, 2025 at 5:19 amJoining in the midst of a pandemic was consistently going to be a worrying time, but the team here instantly put our minds at rest. On the initial show round visit, we were met at the door and required to be temperature checked before being allowed in. Various other hygiene and social distancing measures were also in place and being adhered to.
I was initially struck by just how spotless this nursey is. Having visited a few other options, East Dereham is streaks ahead.
He instantly settled with the team, and we have not had a single instance of tears at drop off time! – (I may be tempting fate here)! He has come on leaps and bounds since joining Sunbeams and truly enjoys the variety of playtime and development on offer. The Sunbeams room is perfectly equipped with age-appropriate playtime opportunities, and the outside space is a big favourite – especially the mud kitchen! My little boy has been at East Dereham Day Childcare centre since September 2020 – (aged 17-months).
Jesse Ferguson
May 4, 2025 at 10:15 pmAll of the team are so lovely, approachable, enjoyable and welcoming and the boys truly do have a excellent relationship with them. They consistently come home having a truly fulfilled day and the team tell us what enjoyable things they have been up to, from day trips to the park, splashing in puddles, playing in the mud kitchen, making lots of arts and crafts to reading books, playing on the ipad, discovering new games and singing songs. They are also so flexible and consistently fit around us and sometimes our highly last minute requests for changing hours!
I cannot suggest this childcare centre highly enough and will be truly sad when my youngest leaves to go to school. Thank you, everyone! Both my boys adore going to East Dereham Day Childcare centre.
Harper Norris
May 9, 2025 at 3:28 amShe goes in highly easily and happily and if she ever doesn’t want to go she is soon cheerful again once she gets into the childcare centre and is with her key person. She has already had a report card about how she is getting on. What she loves doing and what she is great at and not so great at and how they will assistance this. I truly can’t fault this childcare centre. I am highly cheerful I decided to take her. 10*. My little girl started at East Dereham Childcare centre about 1 month ago when she turned 18 months old and from day 1, she absolutely loves it.
Casey Blair
May 26, 2025 at 8:40 amMy kids adore going, some days they don’t want to come home when I go to collect them. I can’t rate the team enough, consistently on entering the childcare centre everyone has a smile on their face. They are welcoming, enjoyable, approachable and I truly don’t have any doubt about leaving my kids in their care. The Childcare centre is highly great at working with both the kids and the parents, my son has been experiencing some issues with his behaviour, the childcare centre has worked highly closely with me offering lots of their expertise so that we can work together both at the childcare centre and at home getting the right balance that works for my son. I have been using East Dereham Day Childcare centre for the last 3 years when both my kids started aged 6 months and 9 months.
London Steele
May 29, 2025 at 1:14 amThe team were great at helping him to settle in, and it didn’t take long for him to make friends and delight in going. The smiles and attitudes of the team are what makes this place so welcoming for kids attending. They know my son so well, are consistently positive and have a genuine warmth towards him and us. I know my son is being cared for well when I leave him each morning. My son joined East Dereham Day Childcare centre when he had just turned three and has been attending for almost a year.
Toby Mayer
June 13, 2025 at 5:10 amBeing first-time parents we were worried about how she would do and to be honest how we as her parents would cope but all team have been incredible in supporting us throughout. Team also take time to send pictures with little observations of snippets of her day which is lovely to see in the day. She is consistently excited to get in to see all her friends and all the incredible team who in our eyes are hard-working compassionate superheroes for all they do, especially throughout this pandemic. My daughter started at East Dereham Day Childcare centre In August last year joining the sunshine room and has loved every second of it.
Micah Walker
June 30, 2025 at 7:04 pmWe adore getting our app updates throughout the day and seeing what she has been up to… Her smiles says it all.
She even received a lovely card and present on her birthday!
Highly recommended. Our little one started Childcare centre this August (sunbeams) and is loving her time there, the team are lovely and truly take the time to get to know you and your little ones.
Jamie Sutton
July 2, 2025 at 1:33 pmThe setting was highly welcoming and knowledgable on the first visit and our kid instantly felt at home, running around and engaging with the other kids playing. It was at this moment I felt like he had consistently been going here and would thrive in this childcare centre setting. There are playtime areas indoors and out and the meals here must be great, as our kid eats everything in sight, especially the dessert. Everyone that works here is engaging and pleasant. It is also nice to be at a setting where you know your kid’s key worker and they are only too cheerful to give you a catch-up of the kid’s day at pick-up time. During the Covid pandemic, they have been truly supportive and on top of all the latest Government guidelines and advice. I also appreciate how the administration of everything is in place and working, with invoices being sent in advance so there is no end of month rush. Everything is placed on to the
family app, so you consistently have a record. Truly cheerful that we enrolled our little boy here.