Woodlands Playgroup Community Interest Company
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Newcastle upon Tyne for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £36.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2022. Open since 2015.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £18.00Half Day £36.00Full Day, 6 hrs |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
We accept funded 15 and 30 hour places.
What childcare usually costs in Newcastle upon Tyne
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Newcastle upon Tyne 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
NE7 7HDWhat 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.
- 1 July 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 21 January 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enter the setting happy and eager to explore the range of activities on offer. They have a wide range of opportunities to develop their physical skills. Older children climb on large play equipment and race their friends round the garden.
Children show determination as they attempt to use scissors and pull up the zip on their coat. They develop their hand-to-eye coordination skills as they use tweezers to move cereal from one container to another. Furthermore, children practise cutting with scissors and use brushes and pens to make marks. This helps them to develop their small muscle skills.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, staff now greet all children and their families warmly at the nursery's main entrance. On arrival, most children confidently leave their parents and eagerly seek out enjoyable activities in their nursery rooms.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve the information shared with parents to enable them to support and encourage children's learning and development at home n review the deployment of staff during snack time to ensure all children are appropriately supported to develop their learning even further n seek wider training opportunities to further develop staff's skills and knowledge.
- 21 January 2022Good
- 13 September 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Woodlands Playgroup Community Interest Company
- 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
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.
- Is £36.00 a session still the rate? 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.