Willows Montessori Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Ryton for babies from 9 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2016, with 54 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We offer funded places for children from 9 months to 4 years.
Worth knowing. Additional optional charges apply for funded places. Entitlement hours are taken in-line with our usual session times listed above: 5 or 10 hours per day.
What childcare usually costs in Gateshead
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Gateshead 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
NE40 3QPWhat 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, 17 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive at this exciting and welcoming setting. The key-person system allows children to build positive relationships with the kind, nurturing and caring staff. Children show that they feel safe and secure in the staff's care through the cuddles and smiles they offer when they greet the staff who care for them.
Children demonstrate exceptional levels of independence from a very young age.
For instance, toddlers who have only recently started walking show that they are able to make independent choices during snack times. They choose from a delicious range of healthy foods and then walk to a table carefully balancing their plates. Children listen and respond as staff offer gentle reminders to use both hands before putting their plate on to the table and sitting down to join their friends. Once finished, they scrape the leftover food into a nearby bin and place their dish in a tray ready to be washed.
- 17 November 2022Outstanding
- 30 November 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Willows Montessori Nursery
- 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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