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Nurseries in Whitley Bay

There are 19 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Whitley Bay, and 5 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Whitley Bay

  • Ofsted report cards: 2 settings (10 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 11 settings (3 Outstanding, 8 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • 1st Step Pre-school Ltd (Seaton Delaval) - Day nursery, Whitley Bay NE25 0BW, ages 0 to 3, 36 places
    Ofsted, 14 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chill Out @ Holywell Village First School - Pre-school, Whitley Bay NE25 0LN, 24 places
  • Chill Out @ Seaton Delaval - Pre-school, Whitley Bay NE25 0EP, 30 places
  • Kids Planet Monkseaton - Day nursery, Whitley Bay NE26 3NR, ages 0 to 4, 82 places
    Ofsted, 20 August 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kids Planet Southridge - Day nursery, Whitley Bay NE25 9UD, ages 2 to 9, 54 places
    Ofsted, 19 June 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Acorns Childcare - Day nursery, Whitley Bay NE26 2SY, ages 0 to 3, 40 places
    Ofsted, 13 October 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Gems of The Sea - Day nursery, Whitley Bay NE25 9EG, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 21 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Mini Merrys Private Day Nursery - Day nursery, Whitley Bay NE25 9XJ, ages 1 to 4, 43 places
    Ofsted report card, 28 July 2026: Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 2 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Mini Merrys Private Nursery- Seaton Delaval - Day nursery, Whitley Bay NE25 0DT, ages 0 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted report card, 28 May 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • NET360CIC-CLUB1 - Day nursery, Whitley Bay NE25 8JH
  • NET360CIC-CLUB2 - Day nursery, Whitley Bay NE26 2BB
  • Rainbow Childcare - Day nursery, Whitley Bay NE26 2NW, ages 0 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 18 April 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rainbows 2 - Day nursery, Whitley Bay NE26 1DG, ages 0 to 3, 40 places
    Ofsted, 8 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • School's Out at Langley - Day nursery, Whitley Bay NE25 9DF, ages 2 to 9, 50 places
    Ofsted, 4 April 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stagecoach North Tyneside - Pre-school, Whitley Bay NE25 9AS
  • Turpentyne LTD - Pre-school, Whitley Bay NE26 2TE
  • Whitley Lodge Under Fives - Pre-school, Whitley Bay NE26 3HW, ages 2 to 3, 18 places
    Ofsted, 4 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Zone 4 Kids - Day nursery, Whitley Bay NE26 3TX, ages 1 to 9, 52 places
    Ofsted, 14 March 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Zone 4 Kids - Pre-school, Whitley Bay NE26 1TQ, ages 2 to 9, 48 places
    Ofsted, 6 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Act 2 Cam - Out-of-school club, Whitley Bay NE26 2LY
  • School's Out at Wellfield - Out-of-school club, Whitley Bay NE25 9QW, 96 places
  • Star of the Sea O.S.C. Limited - Out-of-school club, Whitley Bay NE25 9DY, 75 places
  • Valley Garden Children's Club - Out-of-school club, Whitley Bay NE25 9AQ
  • Whitley Bay Kumon Study Centre - Out-of-school club, Whitley Bay NE26 1AB

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 Whitley Bay

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