Riverside Ready For School Centre.
Outstanding★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in North Shields for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 1999, with 40 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 North Tyneside
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in North 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
NE29 6DQWhat 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, 20 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
This nursery, which specifically supports two-year-old children, provides first-rate care and education. Staff pay great attention to detail when planning routines and learning experiences to ensure that every child is fully supported to thrive. Children quickly grow in confidence and make rapid progress in their learning and development. They show delight in their experiences as they play. For example, children giggle with glee while catching rainfall from the gutters. They fill and empty containers and experiment with the different sounds made when raindrops fall into different containers. Children learn about rhyme and rhythm while dancing in the rain, aboard the 'rain train'.
Staff grasp every opportunity to build on children's learning. Through direct teaching, they provide children with new knowledge and skills. Alongside this, staff join children's play to help them to remember and practise what they have learned.
For example, staff help children to create a story about a spider they find. Children later share this with their friends, recalling the facts about how spiders spin webs and catch flies. Staff follow children's lead and expertly weave learning in to their play. The child-focused curriculum is highly effective. Staff's very high expectations help children to make remarkable achievements. For example, very young children are able to use scissors safely and correctly.
- 20 June 2023Outstanding
- 11 December 2017Good
- 9 June 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Riverside Ready For School Centre.
- 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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