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Nurseries in South Shields

There are 16 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in South Shields, and 3 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in South Shields

  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 14 settings (7 Outstanding, 7 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Ashfield Nursery & ELC - Day nursery, South Shields NE33 4RT, ages 0 to 4, 72 places
    Ofsted, 12 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Beach Hill Nursery - Day nursery, South Shields NE33 2QT, 70 places
  • Cleadon Tower Nursery - Day nursery, South Shields NE34 8ED, ages 1 to 4, 51 places
    Ofsted, 16 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Harton Village Kindergarten - Day nursery, South Shields NE34 6AS, ages 0 to 11, 109 places
    Ofsted, 24 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Nurserytime - Day nursery, South Shields NE33 2QT, ages 0 to 8, 100 places
    Ofsted, 22 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stanley's at All Saints - Day nursery, South Shields NE33 4SU, ages 2 to 3, 24 places
    Ofsted, 18 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stanley's at Biddick Hall & Whiteleas - Day nursery, South Shields NE34 9JD, ages 2 to 3, 68 places
    Ofsted, 4 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stanley's at Horsley Hill - Day nursery, South Shields NE34 7TD, ages 1 to 4, 54 places
    Ofsted, 3 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stanley's At Marine Park - Day nursery, South Shields NE33 2LS, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 25 November 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stanley's at Ridgeway - Day nursery, South Shields NE34 8AB, ages 2 to 3, 20 places
    Ofsted, 13 November 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stanleys at Riverside - Day nursery, South Shields NE33 4JT, ages 2 to 3, 55 places
    Ofsted, 4 October 2021: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Bungalow Pre-school - Day nursery, South Shields NE34 8PS, ages 1 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 6 October 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Westoe Village Kindergarten - Day nursery, South Shields NE34 6ET, ages 0 to 6, 67 places
    Ofsted, 25 April 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • West Park Kindergarten - Day nursery, South Shields NE33 4LB, ages 0 to 9, 78 places
    Ofsted, 5 January 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Whizz Kids Childcare - Day nursery, South Shields NE33 2SP, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 30 November 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Women's Health In South Tyneside Creche - Pre-school, South Shields NE33 1TA

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • First Class Learning South Shields - Out-of-school club, South Shields NE34 0QL
  • Whizz Kids Breakfast Club - Out-of-school club, South Shields NE33 3NS
  • WOW Club Harton Primary - Out-of-school club, South Shields NE34 6PF, 120 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in South Shields

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.