What a Hoot Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Blyth for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 2014, with 56 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Government Funding (Ages 0–5).
Worth knowing. Parents may use their funded hours flexibly, in line with our session times, with no restrictions. We offer stretched funding across the full year. Additional hours are charged at £10.00 per hour. Meals are not included in 15/30-hour funding.
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 5BWWhat 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 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are confident and happy learners, who show a strong sense of belonging.
They readily approach staff for support and reassurance during their play. Children become absorbed in their learning. Babies try hard and persevere when stacking rings. Pre-school children eagerly investigate the wild flowers in the garden, looking up facts about what they find in books and on the internet.
Learning is fun in this nursery. Staff ensure that children have plenty of choice in activities and offer them plenty of praise and encouragement. Children try hard and have a positive attitude. They declare, 'I can do it!' when they manage to walk along a balance beam, glowing with pride at their achievements. Overall, staff support all children's learning very well, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff provide activities that appeal to children's interests, which encourages their involvement. For example, children who are reluctant to learn about letters enjoy searching for the letters from their names in dough.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help children more consistently to remember and understand what has been taught before moving them on to new learning.
- 1 June 2023Good
- 8 November 2017Good
- 11 September 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for What a Hoot Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- 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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