Opening hours
from 7.30am (Breakfast Club)
Billingham Children's Day Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2025)
Number of places
69 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2025
Local authority
Stockton-on-Tees
About this day nursery
Billingham Children’s Day Nursery, part of the Nunthorpe Nurseries Group, is located within the Bede College ground in Billingham, offering a convenient location with ample onsite parking. Recognised as one of the top nurseries in the North East, the facility has recently been updated with timber cladding to create a warm and inviting atmosphere.
The day nursery provides a rich environment with high-quality play and learning resources, encouraging children's imagination and supporting their learning and development. Led by manager Hayley, the dedicated team focuses on building strong relationships with both children and parents.
They are trained in all key areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), ensuring activities are fun and stimulating, catering to individual learning needs. The nursery aims to provide outstanding childcare and give children the best possible start in life, maintaining an excellent local reputation for its friendly and quality service.
They offer various activities such as 'Funky Feet' for preschool-aged children, focusing on sports and physical activity, alongside breakfast, after-school, and holiday clubs.
Our ethos
Staff focus on building strong relationships with both parents and their children and our key person system makes sure that activities are designed to be fun and stimulating ensuring the individual children’s learning needs are catered for. Billingham Children’s Day Nursery has an excellent local reputation for a friendly and quality service inspiring the children to develop in all areas of learning making sure each them gets the best possible start in life.
What it's like
Children arrive happy and eager to begin their day, confidently hanging up their coats and bags and greeted warmly by kind and attentive staff, which helps them form secure attachments and settle well. They show curiosity and thinking skills as they explore and investigate resources in the well-considered environment. Staff focus the curriculum on supporting all children to become confident, inquisitive learners, thoughtfully considering their interests to promote engagement.
Rated Top 20 in North EastEYFS CurriculumDedicated TeamStrong Parent RelationshipsPhysical Activity Focused
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Billingham Children's Day Nursery
Last inspected 19 March 2025 · Sonia Berry
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 arrive happy and eager to begin their day, confidently hanging up their coats and bags and greeted warmly by kind and attentive staff, which helps them form secure attachments and settle well. They show curiosity and thinking skills as they explore and investigate resources in the well-considered environment. Staff focus the curriculum on supporting all children to become confident, inquisitive learners, thoughtfully considering their interests to promote engagement.
Inspector highlights
- Staff are excellent role models, supporting children to develop kindness and empathy.
- Managers recognise the importance of offering a language-rich environment with books linked to development stages and interests.
- Healthy lifestyles are encouraged through freshly cooked meals, discussions about fruit and vegetables, and visits to the local dentist.
- Well-being and professional development are paramount to managers, creating a positive working environment where staff feel valued and supported.
- Managers have worked hard to develop a curriculum focused on children's communication and emotional regulation, with staff using effective strategies to support emotional regulation.
Areas to develop
- 1ensure the curriculum is embedded across all areas of the setting to help deliver the highest-quality staff interactions based on what children know and can do
- 2extend the information provided for parents to help them understand their child's next stage of learning and give them suggestions for how they can support learning at home.
Inspection #10376559 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents speak highly of the nursery. They talk about how happy and well cared for their children are.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff promote an inclusive nursery and provide effective support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They actively engage with other professionals to ensure that children receive additional support promptly.
Outdoor space
The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. Staff plan for children to practise balancing skills outdoors.
Google Reviews of Billingham Children's Day Nursery
5.0
(1 Google review)
Andriana/Eleonora Drummond/Pogany
a year ago
Absolutely amazing nursery and hands down the best people to look after your child. So accommodating to every need. Our daughter knows every colour alphabet and numbers to 20. Amelia learnt how to ride a bike and is such a lovely person being taught life skills all the time. Loving and compassionate to every challenge I cannot recommend them highly enough. It's like a family away from home.
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Inspection history
Date: October 2008
- March 2025Good
- May 2019Good
- November 2016Outstanding
- July 2013Good
- October 2008Good
Frequently asked about Billingham Children's Day Nursery
About the setting
Billingham Children's Day Nursery registered in 1995. The nursery employs 10 members of childcare staff, all holding appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round, with sessions from 7.30am until 6pm. It provides government funded places for childcare and receives specific funding for disadvantaged children.
- URN
- 305924
- Registered person
- Nunthorpe Nurseries Group Ltd
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Previous rating
- Good
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