Gateshead Jewish Nursery School, Gateshead
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 7 months agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The school is well-established within its community with staff who know children and families well. The premises are clean, safe and well-maintained with good health and safety arrangements in place. Leaders and the governing body are committed to children's wellbeing and undertake appropriate safeguarding training.
Key Strengths
- Well-maintained premises with suitable facilities for health, safety and welfare
- Effective health and safety policies covering fire safety, risk assessment and site security
- Strong safeguarding culture with regular staff training and engaged leadership awareness of children's vulnerabilities
- Adequate toilet, washing and medical facilities for the proposed increase in children
Areas for Improvement
- Safer recruitment procedures do not follow Department for Education statutory guidance - missing checks on staff prohibition from teaching and barred list checks
- Not enough staff with required qualifications to supervise children at proposed increased numbers
- Single central record not properly maintained and leaders lack understanding of safer recruitment requirements
- Insufficient staffing levels do not meet Early Years Foundation Stage requirements for the current and proposed pupil numbers
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are not fully effective - while training is regular and policies are appropriate, safer recruitment procedures are not sufficiently robust and do not follow Department for Education statutory guidance.
Gateshead Jewish Nursery School is a Jewish nursery for girls aged 2-5 that applied to increase pupil numbers from 156 to 200. The inspection found the school does not meet independent school standards relevant to this material change, with significant concerns about staff recruitment, safeguarding procedures, and child supervision levels.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
100%
Over capacity
156 pupils
156 capacity
0 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Gateshead
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Admissions Demand - Gateshead
Places available
2,301
Applications
1,835
Got 1st preference
86.2%
Got preferred school
96.5%
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