Term time / All Year
All Year
2nd Home ChildcareChowdene
Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2025)
Number of places
37 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2025
Local authority
Gateshead
About this day nursery
What it's like
Children enter the setting happily and are welcomed into a calm and friendly environment, quickly settling due to strong relationships with staff. They engage in free play with well-planned areas, including sensory activities and outdoor play with ride-on toys, while also developing important social skills like turn-taking. In the baby room, an engaging space with sensory play and story time supports development, with a strong key-person system fostering good relationships between staff, children, and families.
Pricing & funding
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Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for 2nd Home ChildcareChowdene
Last inspected 24 September 2025
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Children enter the setting happily and are welcomed into a calm and friendly environment, quickly settling due to strong relationships with staff. They engage in free play with well-planned areas, including sensory activities and outdoor play with ride-on toys, while also developing important social skills like turn-taking. In the baby room, an engaging space with sensory play and story time supports development, with a strong key-person system fostering good relationships between staff, children, and families.
Inspector highlights
- The curriculum has recently been strengthened and staff show good knowledge and understanding of its intent, implementation and impact.
- Staff understand children's individual needs and abilities and adapt routines to meet them.
- Staff have high expectations for children with SEND and work closely with other professionals to assess, plan and support development.
- Staff work hard to involve parents in their children's learning and development, sharing regular updates and advice.
- Leadership and management are strong, with staff feeling well supported and valued, creating a positive environment where children's learning is consistently supported.
Areas to develop
- 1Extend opportunities for children new to nursery to build more swiftly on their independence skills
- 2Embed the strengths in teaching across the team to help all children to benefit more consistently from approaches that deepen and extend their learning.
Inspection #10399655 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
parents are confident in the care and education their children receive and speak highly of the supportive and welcoming staff team.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The curriculum supports the development of all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), with high expectations for what every child can achieve. Staff have high expectations for children with SEND and work closely with other professionals to assess, plan and support development, ensuring they receive the right help at the right time and make good progress from their individual starting points.
Outdoor space
Children enjoy outdoor play with ride-on toys in the open spaces. While overall children are well supported to develop independence and self-care skills, at times staff are too quick to assist younger or newer children, limiting their opportunities to build these skills.
Inspection history
Date: November 2015
- September 2025Good
- December 2019Good
- November 2015Good
Frequently asked about 2nd Home ChildcareChowdene
About the setting
2nd Home Childcare Ltd@Chowdene registered in 2014. The nursery employs nine members of childcare staff, with six holding appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one at level 5. The setting opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, with sessions from 7.30am until 5.30pm, and provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.
- URN
- EY475617
- Registered person
- 2nd Home Childcare Ltd
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Previous rating
- Good
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