Field House Nursery

About this day nursery

Field House Nursery, a family-operated private day nursery founded in 1992, is located in Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, and welcomes children from across Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside. Registered with Ofsted to care for 119 children aged 0-5 years, the day nursery prides itself on its dynamic, highly qualified, and experienced team dedicated to fostering an enriched environment.

The nursery’s philosophy is rooted in stimulating learning and nurturing natural curiosity and independence, guided by an eclectic approach that incorporates play-based and inquiry-based learning, as well as the Reggio Approach and Froebel-inspired provisions. They focus on experimental learning and hands-on inquiry to build foundations for problem-solving, language development, and self-help skills, creativity, and confidence.

The nursery is committed to inclusivity, striving to meet the individual needs of every child regardless of religion, culture, language, gender, or special needs, as they continually evolve their "Good Provider" Ofsted-rated provision.

Our ethos

Our aim is to provide babies & young children with a safe, stimulating environment with a high standard of constructive play, care and education. We are inspired by theory and research and our eclectic approach consists of play-based learning, inquiry-based learning, the Reggio Approach and Froebel inspired provision. We support children through experimental learning and hands-on inquiry, which provide the foundations for problem solving, language development and the collaboration between self-help skills, peers, creativity and confidence. We treat all of the children in our care with equal concern and, in doing so, agree to promote an equality of opportunity and to meet each individual’s specific needs when it comes to religion, culture and language, as well as gender and any special needs.

What it's like

Children thrive in this caring nursery and develop strong relationships with staff. Managers have steered the nursery through a period of unsettlement due to the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to have very high expectations of children's learning. Children behave well and learn to manage stairs safely.

Pricing & funding