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High Flyers Early Support Nursery

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Sept 2025)
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4.7(3 parent reviews)
·Highflyers Childrens Centre, Tedder Avenue, STOCKTON-ON-TEES, TS17 9JP · Stockton-on-Tees
Number of places
30 places
Age range
3–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2025
Local authority
Stockton-on-Tees

About this day nursery

High Flyers Early Support Nursery, established in 1991, provides outstanding childcare for children aged 3-4 years in Stockton-on-Tees. Open term-time from 9am to 3pm, the nursery creates a calm and predictable environment where children feel confident and secure, as noted in the outstanding Ofsted report from 22 September 2025.

Staff greet each child warmly and are highly attentive, responding quickly to their needs. The nursery specialises in supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), holding the highest expectations for every child.

The highly ambitious curriculum is broken into small, achievable steps, ensuring exceptional progress for all children regardless of their starting point or individual needs. Parents report feeling welcomed, listened to, and reassured, benefiting from strong partnerships with staff, including access to a family room for gradual settling.

The nursery also skillfully uses strategies such as movement breaks and tactile experiences to support children's engagement and overcome barriers to learning. Social development is a key part of the curriculum, with staff expertly supporting children to build strong relationships and interact confidently with others.

This dedicated approach ensures children develop remarkable resilience, independence, and a love of learning.

What it's like

Staff greet each child warmly, creating a calm and predictable environment where children feel confident and secure. Strong partnerships with parents, including tailored support and family room access, create a secure foundation for children to excel emotionally, socially, and in their learning. The highly ambitious curriculum, broken into small, achievable steps, ensures every child makes exceptional progress regardless of need or starting point.

Highest aspirations for every childExpert knowledge, individual focusRich curriculum opportunitiesAdapted routines and activitiesExceptional social developmentRemarkable resilience and independence

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Term time / All Year

Term Time

Established

1991

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for High Flyers Early Support Nursery

Last inspected 22 September 2025

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Staff greet each child warmly, creating a calm and predictable environment where children feel confident and secure. Strong partnerships with parents, including tailored support and family room access, create a secure foundation for children to excel emotionally, socially, and in their learning. The highly ambitious curriculum, broken into small, achievable steps, ensures every child makes exceptional progress regardless of need or starting point.

Inspector highlights

  • This fun-filled nursery is built on the highest aspirations for every child. Staff's application of their expert knowledge and their relentless focus on meeting individual needs precisely help all children to thrive.
  • The curriculum offers rich opportunities across all areas of learning. Staff hold the highest expectations for every child, regardless of their special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Children achieve skills far beyond what might otherwise be expected.
  • Routines and activities are carefully paced and adapted to ensure that all children can participate.
  • Staff demonstrate an excellent understanding of how strategies such as movement breaks and tactile experiences support children's engagement. These approaches overcome barriers to learning and maximise children's opportunities to achieve.
  • Social development is a key part of the curriculum. Staff expertly support children who find interacting challenging, helping them make rapid progress and build strong relationships.
Inspection #10407689 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents report feeling welcomed, listened to and reassured.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The nursery provides care for children with SEND. Staff hold the highest expectations for every child, regardless of their special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and ensure they are all supported to achieve in ways that are both developmentally appropriate and aspirational. Clear learning goals take full account of children's individual and often complex needs.

Parent Reviews of High Flyers Early Support Nursery

4.7
(3)
Willy Hawkes
8 years ago

Really good place to take your kids there's rest rooms cafe and wheelchair access very good all round

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Jerome Hurley
9 years ago

Great sessions. Staff welcoming and friendly. Also has a cafe

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Inspection history

Date: May 2011

  • September 2025Outstanding
  • January 2020Outstanding
  • June 2016Outstanding
  • May 2011Outstanding

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