Princess Louise Pre School Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Blyth for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2007, with 32 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
NE24 5JFWhat 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, 1 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy their time at the pre-school. They are confident, happy and have fun. They arrive excitedly and leave their parents with ease and are eager to investigate the activities provided. Children are cared for by staff that know them well. They can initiate their own play and choose resources that are easily accessible for them. This helps to promote independent play.
Children behave well. Staff act as good role models for sharing and taking turns with others. Children wait patiently and recognise that they need to wait before they have their turn on the slide. They start to learn early recognition of emotions and how to self-regulate their behaviour. During circle time, older children confidently explain why they feel happy.
Children use their imaginations well in the role-play area and make up their own games. For example, they pretend to make a cup of tea and invite the inspector to drink it. Children sit together and enjoy sociable mealtimes. They proudly take on the role of 'special helper', concentrating hard as they carry plates of fruit to serve their friends. Children demonstrate good manners when they say thank you to their friends for passing them a piece of fruit. They practise their self-help skills further when, for example, they pour their own drinks.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the already good practice in teaching children by always ensuring that activities take account of children's prior learning experiences and levels of understanding n give children more opportunity to think about and consolidate the information given by staff during some activities, taking account of their need to think about and share their responses and ideas.
- 1 March 2024Good
- 15 March 2023Needs improvement
- 7 July 2017Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Princess Louise Pre School Nursery
- 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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