Kids 1st - Wansbeck
Good★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Northumberland for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2025. Open since 2004, with 112 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 Northumberland
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Northumberland 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
NE63 9FYWhat 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.
- 1 May 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 5 June 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and demonstrate they feel safe and comfortable in the care of the friendly staff team. A robust key-person system is in place, ensuring children build strong and nurturing attachments with staff from the start. Children quickly become engaged in play in one of the well-organised and exciting nursery rooms.
Staff are creative in their presentation of activities, which helps to capture the children's interests.
Children benefit from enriching, varied experiences. For example, older children learn about the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Staff capitalise on their interest in dinosaurs to widen children's vocabulary. For example, children know that an archaeologist digs for dinosaur bones. Children use reference books to look for specific dinosaurs and enthusiastically explain that hot lava comes out of volcanos.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- continue to improve the monitoring of staff practice to help support staff to raise the quality of teaching and education even further.
- 5 June 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 18 July 2024Needs improvement
- 24 September 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kids 1st - Wansbeck
- 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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