The Horseshoe Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in East Boldon for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2022. Open since 2002, with 52 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funded 15 Hours for 2 year olds & Funded 30 hours for 3-4 year olds.
What childcare usually costs in South Tyneside
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in South 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
NE36 0BZWhat 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, 5 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive at this very friendly and welcoming nursery. They are happy, settled and secure. Staff place a strong emphasis on children learning about the natural world. Children benefit from daily access to fresh air, exercise and green space.
They are taught to care for plants and creatures. This helps to support children's personal, social and emotional development. For example, they grow potatoes and sunflowers in the enclosed garden. Children dig in soil and plant bulbs. They care for caterpillars until they turn into butterflies and search for insects, using magnifying glasses.
Relationships between children and staff are good. Staff are kind, caring and sensitive. They speak to children respectfully and encourage them to use their manners. Key persons form close bonds with the children they care for. They know individual children very well. Overall, staff have a strong understanding of what they need to do to further embed and extend children's learning. Children become increasingly independent. They fetch and put on their own coats and aprons.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- deploy staff more effectively to support children's listening and attention skills, particularly at group times and as children move from one routine to another n help children to understand the impact of unwanted behaviour on others.
- 5 May 2022Good
- 28 November 2016Good
- 27 September 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Horseshoe Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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