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Care With Cuddles

Ofsted: Expected standard·
5.0(1 parent reviews) ·Care With Cuddles, Lead Road, Ryton, NE40 4BS · Gateshead
Number of places
55 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2026
Local authority
Gateshead

About this day nursery

Care With Cuddles, located at Pack Horse Inn, Lead Road, Greenside, Ryton, Durham NE40 4BS, is a childcare setting for children aged 0-3 years, registered in 2019. Open Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm all year, the nursery creates a happy and relaxed environment where children confidently engage in daily activities.

The manager has a clear vision for children's learning, and staff interactions are consistently good, offering interesting activities that encourage exploration and imagination. The nursery focuses on supporting children's emotional development through a well-implemented curriculum, and the staff's well-being is highly valued.

Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is well-coordinated, involving parents and professionals like portage and speech and language therapists to ensure children make excellent progress. Children also benefit from regular French lessons, learning basic words in context.

The setting offers a broad and balanced curriculum, with staff regularly observing and assessing children's learning to provide appropriate experiences.

What it's like

Children enter the nursery happy, relaxed and ready for their day. Staff's interactions with children are good and activities are interesting, encouraging exploration and imagination. Children behave well and are kind to each other.

Supportive environmentStrong parent partnershipCoordinated SEND supportBilingual exposureHappy children

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday from 8am until 6pm

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2019

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Apr 2026

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Care With Cuddles

Last inspected 16 April 2026

Safeguarding effective

What it's like to attend

Children enter the nursery happy, relaxed and ready for their day. Staff's interactions with children are good and activities are interesting, encouraging exploration and imagination. Children behave well and are kind to each other.

Inspector highlights

  • Parents speak highly of the manager and her team and comment on children's progress.
  • The manager reflects on the needs of children, and staff follow a curriculum that supports children's emotional development.
  • Staff well-being is of paramount importance to the manager, and staff feel supported and valued.
  • Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is well coordinated, with staff working with parents and professionals.
  • Children experience regular French lessons and use words such as 'bonjour', 'au revoir' and 'merci' in context.

Areas to develop

  • 1Build on staff's questioning techniques so that they consistently give children time to respond and develop their thinking and language skills more effectively.
  • 2Refine transition arrangements for children moving between rooms, to ensure all staff are aware of what they want children to learn, know and do.
Inspection #10215713 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is well coordinated. Staff work well with parents and other professionals, such as portage and speech and language therapists. This helps them to implement specific strategies to help children to make the best possible progress.

Outdoor space

Staff provide children with a variety of activities, including time in the garden. The inspector viewed the indoor and outdoor learning environments.

Parent Reviews of Care With Cuddles

5.0
(1)

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Inspection history

Date: January 2022

The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Good). We're re-checking it against the original report.

  • March 2022Good
  • January 2022Good

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