Harton Village Kindergarten
Good★ 4.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in South Shields 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2016, with 109 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
NE34 6ASWhat 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, 24 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children's interests are fully embraced in this nursery. Staff take full account of their ideas and suggestions and use these to determine the activities that they will provide. This contributes directly to the remarkable levels of motivation and curiosity to learn that all children show. For example, children get very excited when moving in different ways through 'laser beams' made from string. Their consistent engagement in fun and exciting experiences supports the good progress that they make in their learning. The child-led curriculum helps them achieve well, overall. Leaders are aware that some children, following the restrictions during the
COVID-19 pandemic, are slower to reach age-related expectations in their communication and language development.
Staff have high expectations and provide consistent routines and clear boundaries.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's knowledge of child development, so there is a deeper understanding of how to provide a progressive and sequenced curriculum, and that teaching consistently builds on children's current skills.
- 24 July 2024Good
- 4 October 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Harton Village 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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