Southlands Kindergarten
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Newcastle for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 17:45, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in September 2022. Open since 1994, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
From September 2025, working parents and carers of children aged 9 months and over may be eligible for up to 30 hours of funded childcare. All 3-year-olds automatically receive 15 hours of free childcare from the term after their third birthday. Working parents may be eligible for 30 hours of funding. 2-year-olds may qualify for Think2 funding, based on separate criteria for non-working parents or.
Worth knowing. Consumable charges are applied only to the 38 weeks that the Government provides funding. Consumable charges are not charged to children under 3 years as the Government funding covers our daily hourly rate and they are not mandatory. Consumable charges are applicable the term after they are 3 years old. Consumable charges are chosen charges to parents who wish their children to access Mini Bus Outings, Forest School, Swimming, Gardening, Spanish and day trips during the year including theatres,.
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 8BZWhat 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, 16 September 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive at this wonderfully welcoming and inclusive kindergarten. The quality of education they receive is outstanding, and it leaves them superbly equipped with the key skills and attitudes they need for future learning. Children display high levels of enjoyment in their learning, being with the nurturing staff and with each other. Staff provide children with an incredible array of activities and experiences, both indoors and outdoors. Children develop excellent understanding of current affairs. For example, they talk about the Queen's passing, the flowers they delivered to the 'memorial' and how 'we have a new king now'.
Behaviour is exemplary. Children show exceptional care and concern for their friends. For instance, as they use bubbles and wands, a child asks another: 'would you like to share mine?'. Children take turns to be the daily helper, when they get the opportunity to help to prepare snack and set the table for lunch.
Children demonstrate a sense of pride and ownership in the kindergarten. They show visitors photographs of themselves undertaking tasks in the gardening club.
- 16 September 2022Outstanding
- 6 September 2013Outstanding
- 14 January 2009Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Southlands Kindergarten
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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