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Little Hubbers Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2021)
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5.0(21 Google reviews) ·99 Bedford Street, North Shields, NE29 6QJ · North Tyneside
Number of places
74 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2021
Local authority
North Tyneside

About this day nursery

Little Hubbers Day Nursery provides a secure, joyful, and stimulating setting where children can thrive and explore their full potential. The day nursery fosters a warm and nurturing atmosphere, valuing each child as an individual.

Play spaces are designed to encourage exploration, free play, and independent learning, with staff enhancing these environments through planned activities. They have two locations, one in North Shields and one in Blyth.

The nursery is committed to healthy eating in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage and benefits from a fully inclusive sensory room and UV room. Children are encouraged to engage in preparing, chopping, and serving fruit during snack time, fostering social interaction and new skills.

They also offer a variety of extracurricular activities and provide a minimum attendance pattern to ensure continuity for the children and allow them to build bonds with keyworkers and peers. The nursery operates 50 weeks a year.

Our ethos

Little Hubbers Day Nursery is committed to healthy eating in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage. They aim to provide a secure, joyful, and stimulating setting that fosters exploration, free play, and independent learning through thoughtfully designed spaces and planned activities. They value each child as an individual, encouraging social interaction and new skills through hands-on activities like preparing snacks.

What it's like

Children benefit from a dedicated staff team who provide a welcoming environment, ensuring children enjoy nursery and are eager to learn and play. Children engage in sharing stories, exploring sensory experiences, and developing early literacy and numeracy skills. They behave well, taking turns and sharing resources, which fosters good social skills.

Sensory Room and UV RoomChild-led exploration and learningEmphasis on healthy eating

Pricing & funding

Fees are calculated on an annualised basis over 50 weeks and billed monthly in advance. Funding is offered on a stretched basis, and funded places do not cover the cost of meals and consumables, which are charged separately based on the year and funding type.

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare

Good to know

  • Fees are calculated by multiplying the weekly rate by 50 and dividing by 12.
  • Full fees are payable for all absences, including sickness, holidays, bank holidays, and inset days.
  • Fees must be paid monthly in advance by the 28th of each month.
  • First month's fees must be paid in advance before the child's start date.
  • 15 and 30-hour funded entitlements are stretched over 50 weeks of the year.
  • Government funding does not cover the costs of meals and consumables.

Key facts

Food

All meals and snacks are provided. Parents are requested to donate one piece of fruit, vegetable, cheese or crackers daily for snack time.

Opening hours

7.30am – 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Registered with Ofsted

2019

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Hubbers Day Nursery

Last inspected 9 June 2021 · Janet Fairhurst

Safeguarding effective
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 benefit from a dedicated staff team who provide a welcoming environment, ensuring children enjoy nursery and are eager to learn and play. Children engage in sharing stories, exploring sensory experiences, and developing early literacy and numeracy skills. They behave well, taking turns and sharing resources, which fosters good social skills.

Inspector highlights

  • Children benefit from a dedicated staff team and a welcoming environment.
  • Staff effectively provide tailored support for children, especially those affected by the pandemic, helping them make good progress.
  • Staff closely monitor children's progress and interests, planning for their next steps in learning.

Areas to develop

  • 1enhance staff's already good practice in developing children's expressive language skills and expand on and use additional words when responding to children
  • 2help older children to understand the impact that physical activity has on their bodies.
Inspection #10196908 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

their children thoroughly enjoy attending the nursery

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff are very mindful of the impact that the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has had on children's personal, social and emotional development. With effective tailored support from staff, these children catch up quickly and make good progress in their personal and social and emotional development. Staff identify when some children may need additional support in order to make good progress. They make sure that they seek timely support from relevant professionals, such as speech and language teams.

Outdoor space

Staff ensure that all children have daily opportunities for fresh air and exercise. They successfully widen children's experiences by visiting the fish quay, beach, marina, and parks, and have weekly visits to a 'Fit Hub' for physical play.

Google Reviews of Little Hubbers Day Nursery

5.0
(21 Google reviews)
Lily Howes
10 months ago

My 3 year old recently started here and is thriving. The staff are fantastic and have been so good at helping him settle in and feel at ease. He loves the huge variety of activities, the outings they go on and he is learning so many skills in preparation for school. Couldn't recommend the nursery more!

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Gemma Swan
a year ago

My son has attended this nursery for over 3 years now and I honestly can’t praise them highly enough. They have been so invested in his growth and development since he was a baby, and are so hugely supportive of us as a family. The staff really take the time to get to know the children, and cater to their interests. They are always out and about on adventures, which is great! They go far and wide and experience all sorts. They also offer a fantastic selection of visiting classes such as yoga, dance, football, nature crafts… The sensory rooms are just incredible, there’s a lovely mix of modern and more traditional resources, the preschool sessions are really bringing my son on ready for school, and he is always very well fed! Highly recommended 👍🏻

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Gemma Chester
5 years ago

All the staff at Little Hubbers are so welcoming and great at what they do! My little one isn’t the best at leaving us to go to nursery but all the staff do a brill job with calming him down so he ends up having the best day of playing! Alongside this, the staff are really good with communicating via messaging/texts/phone to put my mind at ease as well! Seeing the uploaded photos to the Facebook page of our little one playing at nursery throughout the day really helps with parents who are nervous at leaving their babies with someone else for the day. There are so many different food options that they give to the little ones and this has really brought my little one on in regards to trying new foods at home. All the nursery is spotlessly clean and there are plenty of great toys do the children to play and learn with. They always make sure all the children go out for daily walks to the park and surrounding seaside for exercise and a bit of fresh sea air! I would recommend Little Hubbers to all parents, keep up the good work 😊

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E S
3 years ago

My daughter absolutely loves it here. She has the best time playing with all of their high tech equipment, the soft play and the cosy sensory room. The kids go on regular days out to the park, the beach, trips to South Shields, the farm - my daughter always comes home happy and tired. The staff are great too, they genuinely care about the kids and their families. Nothing is too much trouble and they tend to individual needs fantastically. I can’t praise this nursery enough, I’ll be sad when she has to leave.

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Natalie Johnstone
6 years ago

So glad we decided to change to Little Hubbers as the nursery choice for our little girl. This new nursery is amazing! They go out everyday, the activities they do are great and interactive. The equipment they have is second to none and the way they have the nursery laid out is great for all ages. My little girl was a little upset when she first went as it was new but without having to check up, I got updates from the girls which is great. I know who her key worker is which is a big thing for me. Keep up the great work 💕

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

9 June 2021

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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