Croft Day Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Newcastle for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £70.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in September 2023. Open since 1993, with 58 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Any additional days are charged at our full day rate of £70.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
30 hour funding and 15 hour ‘think 2’ funding.
Worth knowing. 30 hour funding is spread over three days per week (7:30am until 5:30pm) for 38 weeks per year, with the option of an additional 1 hour per day at a rate of £15. 15 hour ‘think 2’ funding is spread over two days per week (9am until 4:30pm). Consumable charges are £10 per funded day.
What childcare usually costs in Staffordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Staffordshire 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
ST5 1DSWhat 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, 27 September 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are at the heart of this outstanding nursery. They are incredibly happy and confident. Staff are extremely kind and exceedingly passionate about the children in their care. New children settle extremely quickly and form close bonds with staff.
Children are safe, emotionally secure and able to learn from all the many rich experiences on offer. For example, children use their whole bodies to move to music, using a range of materials to swirl and twirl. Children energetically use a range of musical instruments to create sounds. They experience an abundance of opportunities to hear and engage in conversations, develop their love of reading, sing songs and take part in musical activities. The sound of laughter resonates throughout the nursery.
Staff are excellent role models for children. They consistently show children how to be respectful of others and model excellent ways of communicating with each other. Children are confident, articulate communicators who are very well prepared for the next stage in their learning. Staff carefully consider what they want babies and young children to learn, and this is reflected in how they communicate with them. As a result, babies and young children are surrounded by an abundance of quality interactions provided by staff to support their all-round development.
- 27 September 2023Outstanding
- 8 December 2017Good
- 28 August 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Croft Day Nursery
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £70.00 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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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