Opening hours
7.45am to 5.45pm, Monday to Friday
Kids Planet Westerhope
Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2025)
Number of places
90 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2025
Local authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
About this day nursery
Kids Planet Westerhope is a day nursery in Newcastle Upon Tyne for children from birth to four years old. The day nursery operates all year round, Monday to Friday, from 7.45am to 5.45pm, and accepts government funding for three and four-year-olds. In its Ofsted inspection in June 2025, the nursery was judged to be Good. The inspector reported that attentive staff provide warm, gentle and consistent care in a supportive atmosphere where children feel safe.
The curriculum helps children to make progress, with a particular priority placed on their personal, social and language development. Physical development is supported very well through outdoor play, where children have opportunities for fresh air and exercise on equipment such as an obstacle course. Ofsted also noted that partnerships with other professionals help staff to provide tailored learning plans, which is particularly effective for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
What it's like
Attentive staff provide warm, gentle and consistent care, creating a supportive atmosphere where children feel safe and content. Routines flow with the children's needs, ensuring their physical and emotional well-being is supported very well. The curriculum helps all children to make progress and achieve well, with staff support their learning effectively and using accurate assessments to identify curriculum priorities.
Laughter and smilesStrong social skillsPhysical developmentTailored learning plansConcentration and resilienceHealthy routines
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Kids Planet Westerhope
Last inspected 11 June 2025 · Clare Wilkins
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Attentive staff provide warm, gentle and consistent care, creating a supportive atmosphere where children feel safe and content. Routines flow with the children's needs, ensuring their physical and emotional well-being is supported very well. The curriculum helps all children to make progress and achieve well, with staff support their learning effectively and using accurate assessments to identify curriculum priorities.
Inspector highlights
- The nursery is filled with laughter and smiles, with staff taking children's interests into account to plan enjoyable activities.
- Children's personal, social and language development are a priority, providing a secure foundation for learning.
- Physical development is supported very well, with children making particularly good progress in strength, balance, and coordination.
- Leaders have developed a bespoke programme to evaluate provision, scrutinising practice and identifying minor aspects of teaching to strengthen.
- Children show increasing concentration skills and resilience, with staff encouraging independent exploration and fostering a love of learning.
Areas to develop
- 1help staff to implement the curriculum for mathematics and literacy more consistently to help children to make even better progress in these areas of learning
- 2strengthen staff's understanding of how to sequence the curriculum and help children to build even more successfully on what they already know and can do.
Inspection #10399601 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Partnerships with other professionals help staff to provide tailored learning plans for children. This is particularly effective for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, who are supported extremely well to fully participate in nursery life and to learn more.
Outdoor space
Physical development is supported very well, with children demonstrating increasing physical ability and resilience during outdoor play. They try hard and keep going when moving across the obstacle course in the garden. Plenty of opportunities for fresh air and exercise further support their physical and mental well-being.
Google Reviews of Kids Planet Westerhope
4.5
(11 Google reviews)
Zoe XO
10 months ago
My child has ASD and only started attending nursery age 3years and 10 month, due to not settling and other nursery's not able to meet her needs, she is now thriving thanks to the staff at kids planet taking time to get to know my child and meet her needs and applying and ensuring she has her funding, and helping with specialist provision applications and assessment docs. my child loves going into this nursery, rarely if ever has had any breakdowns and has started to be comfortable around other children, the staff communicate very well to me about my child's day and what she has and hasn't eaten. I've noticed a huge difference in my child socially and she has started to say the odd word and her confidence has grown so much cannot recommend this nursery enough and thank all the lovely staff from the director to each assistant working with my child .
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Jessica Bennett
10 months ago
My little girl loves going to nursery. The teachers in her class have really helped her learn so much more than what she does at home. Highly recommend ❤️
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Robert Blackman
9 years ago
My daughter was due to start at this nursery and I paid the £50 deposit only to be told by people that they don't watch the babies/toddlers properly (my daughter is almost 9 months) and on one incident a glass mirror fell on a child as they weren't watching him. Also I understand there are a few kids (3:1 ratio) so not everyone can be watched at the same time, but that mirror shouldn't of been there. Also I was upset to see babies left crying for about 10/15 minutes before anyone saw to them. I will not be using this nursery and I've now lost £50 for paper work.
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Maisie Perry
10 months ago
My son attends this nursery and loves it. Staff are knowledgeable, friendly and supportive.
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Chelsey Payne
10 months ago
Lovely nursery and staff. My son loves it here
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Inspection history
Date: June 2025
- July 2025Good
- June 2025Good
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