Food
All meals and snacks included and freshly prepared daily
Ashfield Nursery & ELC in South Shields
Ofsted: Good
(Dec 2022)
Number of places
72 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2022
Local authority
South Tyneside
About this day nursery
Ashfield Nursery, established in 2002 by Karen and Brian Powell, provides high-quality childcare across two locations in South Shields: one on Stanhope Road and another within South Tyneside District Hospital. Catering to children from 6 weeks to 5 years old, the nursery is dedicated to fostering growth and development in a nurturing, safe, and secure environment.
They adopt a child-centred learning approach, customising teaching methods to suit each child's individual needs and interests. The facilities offer extensive indoor and outdoor areas, including a garden with climbing frames, slides, and a vegetable patch, encouraging independent learning and outdoor exploration.
The nursery prioritises parent partnership, actively encouraging engagement in each child's learning journey. With a focus on healthy development, Ashfield Nursery includes nutritious, freshly prepared meals and snacks in its fees, accommodating various dietary requirements.
The team comprises fully qualified and DBS-checked staff, ensuring a secure setting monitored by 24-hour CCTV. The management and senior team, including Area Manager Kayleigh and Nursery Manager Rebecca, bring extensive experience and a genuine passion for early childhood education, aiming to provide a supportive and stimulating atmosphere where children can flourish.
Our ethos
Ashfield Nursery & ELC adopts a child-centred learning approach, customising teaching methods to suit each child's individual needs and interests. They aim to provide a supportive and stimulating atmosphere where children can flourish, prioritising parent partnership in the child's learning journey.
What it's like
Children are very happy to attend this friendly nursery and benefit from a broad variety of learning opportunities that staff plan to help them achieve the next steps in their learning. Children behave well, learn to share and take turns, and staff use routines and singing to support calm transitions and children's independence.
Child-centred learning approachTwo convenient locationsFocus on parent partnershipNutritious meals includedOutdoor learning and play areas
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
- 0 - 2 Years Half session£49.50 / session
- 0 - 2 Years Full day£88 / day
- 2 - 3 Years Half session£46 / session
- 2 - 3 Years Full day£80.50 / day
- 3 - 4 Years Half session£42.90 / session
Key facts
Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Age range
6 weeks to 5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Session types
Half session, Full day
Established
2002
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Ashfield Nursery & ELC
Last inspected 12 December 2022 · Jan Harvey
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 are very happy to attend this friendly nursery and benefit from a broad variety of learning opportunities that staff plan to help them achieve the next steps in their learning. Children behave well, learn to share and take turns, and staff use routines and singing to support calm transitions and children's independence.
Inspector highlights
- Children are very happy and proud of their achievements.
- Staff provide a broad variety of learning opportunities to support next steps.
- Staff build strong bonds with children and interact enthusiastically.
- The setting actively promotes inclusion and respects children's cultures.
- Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported well.
Areas to develop
- 1continue to improve staff's skills to help them make the most of all opportunities, including mealtimes, to strengthen children's understanding of how self-care and hygiene routines can help to maintain their good health
- 2develop strategies used by staff working with younger children to enhance their communication and language skills and support their growing vocabulary.
Inspection #10262031 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported well. Staff effectively liaise with parents and other professionals, such as portage workers, which supports children who have gaps in their learning and development to make the best possible progress.
EAL / language support
Staff provide children's favourite books in different languages, and parents share favourite Christmas carol videos in other languages.
Parent Reviews of Ashfield Nursery & ELC
5.0
(3)
Steve Petch
7 years ago
Our daughter visited there for welcoming sessions and we choose it straight away as being the one for our childcare needs. The staff are attentive and genuinely enthusiastic about what they do. For parents they are very open and helpful with advice, particularly for parents who are trying to wrestle through the government websites and paperwork without luck.
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June Allan
5 years ago
greensylhet 360
2 years ago
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Inspection history
Date: September 2009
- December 2022Good
- June 2017Good
- April 2014Good
- May 2013Inadequate
- May 2010Good
- September 2009Inadequate
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