Ladybird Children's Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Newcastle upon Tyne for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £69.00 a day for 0-5 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 2004, with 63 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 yearsbirth to 5y | £69.00All year round £72.00Term time | £43.00All year round £44.00Term time £46.00Term time |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.00 Teafor any meals given during the session
- £4.50 Lunchfor any meals given during the session
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
9 months plus: 30 hours; 2 years old: 15 hours; 3 years old: 15 hours universal, plus 30 hours working parent entitlement.
Worth knowing. We stretch the funding to offer it throughout the year. Your child’s annual funding entitlement of either 570 hours or 1140 hours will be applied to your booking over 51 weeks. If your child is eligible for 15 hours, you will receive 11 hours per week all year round. A child eligible for 30 hours will receive 22 hours per week all year round. We also offer term time only places, this will be 15 hours or 30 hours of funding offered over 38 weeks. At Ladybird we offer a fully funded place alongsid.
What childcare usually costs in Newcastle upon Tyne
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Newcastle upon Tyne 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
NE4 7NQWhat 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.
- 18 March 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 15 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children confidently enter the nursery. Their emotional security is promoted well with the help of the caring staff. Children develop close attachments to staff. They feel happy and safe and enjoy taking part in a range of interesting activities. They learn to be independent from an early age as they make their own choices about what they want to play with. For example, babies crawl towards the toys and pull themselves up to standing while they explore the resources. Children over 18
months old enjoy playing in cardboard boxes. They have great fun when they sit and hide inside. Pre-school children take appropriate risks and challenges as they play. They climb up the slide and jump onto a large soft cushion, closely supervised by staff. Children learn to serve their own meals, pour drinks and cut up foods for snack time.
The manager and staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. Children show that they understand the ground rules. They receive plenty of prompt reminders from staff on how to behave and the reasons why. They learn to cooperate in their play. For example three-year-old children build a train track together. Staff talk to children about remembering to work together. There is a strong focus on children learning to manage their own feelings and the impact this may have on others. They respond positively to staff.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review hygiene practice in the baby room to ensure that everything that a young child comes into contact with is clean and hygienic for them.
- 15 March 2022Good
- 20 April 2017Good
- 1 April 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ladybird Children's Nursery
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £69.00 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.
- 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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