Orchard Private Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Newcastle for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £60.00 a day for toddlers & Preschool, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2002, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toddlers & Preschool | £60.00Toddlers & Preschool full day | £40.00Toddlers & Preschool half day | £285.00Toddlers & Preschool full week | |
| Baby Room | £62.00Baby Room full day | £42.00Baby Room half day | £290.00Baby Room full week |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
All funded place from 9 months+ to 4 years old.
Worth knowing. Meal fee’s apply for funded children.
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 0BHWhat 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, 3 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive with enthusiasm. They enjoy a warm, friendly greeting from staff and show that they feel happy and safe. Children demonstrate a strong sense of belonging as they hang up their coats and bags, and settle in quickly. They choose independently from the selection of age-appropriate resources that are planned well to meet their interests. For example, younger children play in the sand together and bang pots and pans with wooden spoons. Older children thread beads with laces and proudly show their delight at their success.
Staff work well as a team and act as good role models for the children. They have high expectations and skilfully support children to follow the rules. Children confidently follow well-rehearsed daily routines. For example, older children readily help to tidy up. They are happy, self-assured and interact freely and enthusiastically with each other and staff. Children demonstrate a good level of independence with staff support. For example, staff teach children to use a 'pinch and pull' technique when wiping their own nose. Children's behaviour is consistently very good because they know what is expected of them.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to understand the impact of high noise levels on some children's learning n develop staff training to improve teaching skills so that children have enhanced learning opportunities and make even better progress.
- 3 November 2022Good
- 4 January 2017Good
- 20 March 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Orchard Private 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 £60.00 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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