Bede Burn Kindergarten
Outstanding★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Tyne & Wear for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 17:45, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2013, with 78 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in South Tyneside
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in South Tyneside from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
NE32 5BAWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 30 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children benefit from a wonderful start to their early education in this welcoming and nurturing nursery. They become fully immersed in their play, showing high levels of concentration and enjoyment. This creates a lovely atmosphere, which is calm and purposeful. Babies giggle with delight as they explore the different sounds they can make with their voices and with musical instruments. Toddlers are fascinated as they create their own spiders' webs and watch what happens when they drop things into them. In the pre-school learning garden, children design their own obstacle course. They count and use a stopwatch to find out who is the quickest. Throughout all of these learning opportunities, the interactions between staff and children are of an extremely high standard. Staff support children to learn new things, to extend their vocabularies and to practise different skills. This enables children to make excellent progress from their starting points. Parents report that they are absolutely delighted by the contribution the nursery makes to their children's learning and development.
Children are treated with the utmost kindness and respect. When they arrive in the morning, they receive a warm welcome from staff. Those who are a little reluctant to separate from their parents settle quickly under the watchful guidance of their key person. Children quickly become familiar with the daily routines in each of the rooms. These are designed to help children to develop their independence.
Settling-in arrangements are tailored to meet individual children's needs. Careful thought is put into children's transitions to different rooms and to moving on to school. For example, when children are due to move from the baby to the toddler room, staff introduce different sleep and mealtime arrangements in preparation.
- 30 January 2025Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 9 April 2019Outstanding
- 19 December 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bede Burn Kindergarten
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
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