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Rainbows 2 # Rainbows 2 Compare Contact Nursery Ofsted: Good (May 2025) · 24 Park Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 1DG · North Tyneside Number of places 40 places Age range 0–3 yrs Last inspected May 2025 Local authority North Tyneside About - About - Pricing - Ofsted - Inclusion - FAQ - [About](#about) - [Pricing](#pricing) - [Ofsted](#ofsted) - [Inclusion](#inclusion) - [FAQ](#faq) Email Nursery ## About this day nursery Rainbows 2, established in 2024, is a childcare setting located in Whitley Bay, catering to children aged 0-3 years. 30pm during school holidays. The latest Ofsted report, dated May 8, 2025, proudly rated Rainbows 2 as 'Good' overall. Staff at Rainbows 2 are celebrated for their attentive and nurturing approach, ensuring children make good developmental progress. The nursery's leaders maintain high aspirations for every child, implementing a robust curriculum that is engaging and appropriate for each age and stage. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) show positive behaviours and attitudes, with staff providing kind and sensitive support, celebrating their milestones. The nursery fosters a strong sense of independence, encouraging children to participate in care routines. Rainbows 2 also incorporates outdoor learning, with babies expressing excitement during local outings to the community garden, where staff encourage sensory exploration. Parents consistently praise the significant progress their children make and appreciate the regular communication from staff regarding their child's development. Despite earlier recruitment challenges, the nursery has successfully recruited new staff, aiming to ease previous pressures and ensure a stable and dedicated team. What it's like Staff are attentive, nurturing and tuned into children's individual needs, leading to good progress in development. Leaders have high aspirations and a secure curriculum, ensuring stimulating and age-appropriate experiences for all children. Despite recruitment challenges impacting staff stability, recent successful recruitment is hoped to ease this pressure. Attentive and nurturing staff Strong curriculum Positive behaviours and attitudes Kind SEND support Outdoor exploration Strong parent communication ## Pricing & funding Funding accepted 15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs) ## Key facts Opening hours Monday to Friday, all year round, except for a week at Christmas. Sessions run from 7.30am to 6pm during term time, and from 8am to 5.30pm during the school holidays. Term time / All Year All Year Established 2024 ### Official Ofsted Report Independent inspection of Rainbows 2 Inspection date May 2025 Inspection no. 10401579 [Download full report (PDF)](https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50278967)[View on Ofsted.gov.uk](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/16/2781948) Visit or enquire ### Book a show-around Most settings reply within 48 hours. 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[Claim this listing](/claim?nursery=rainbows-2-ne26-1dg-2781948) Ofsted Inspection ## Ofsted rating for Rainbows 2 Last inspected 8 May 2025 Overall effectiveness Good What it's like to attend Staff are attentive, nurturing and tuned into children's individual needs, leading to good progress in development. Leaders have high aspirations and a secure curriculum, ensuring stimulating and age-appropriate experiences for all children. Despite recruitment challenges impacting staff stability, recent successful recruitment is hoped to ease this pressure. Inspector highlights - Staff use their knowledge of each child's individual context, interests and stage of development to plan a curriculum that is well matched to their individual needs. - Staff consider how to ensure that children show high levels of interest and engagement in activities. - Staff support children with SEND with kindness and sensitivity. - As a result of the strong bonds and connections that staff build with all children, including those with SEND, children thrive. - Staff are very effective role models for children in terms of the behaviours and attitudes they want children to develop. Areas to develop - 1 extend the strategies to support children's communication and language strategies even further, so that children have every opportunity to practise their early communication and listening skills - 2 improve the procedures for staff support further, to ensure that all staff are fully supported in their roles, including a regular review of their workload. Inspection #10401579 · Source: Ofsted [View full Ofsted report](https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50278967) ## What parents say Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection > Parents and carers state that their children have made impressive progress in their development since joining the nursery. They particularly appreciate the communication they receive from staff in relation to their children's progress. Inclusion & environment ## How they support every child SEND provision Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) show positive behaviours and attitudes in their play. Staff support children with SEND with kindness and sensitivity, spending quality time together and are tuned into their developmental next steps. Staff celebrate progress and milestones with children. Outdoor space On a local outing, babies express their excitement as they enter the community garden. Staff encourage them to use their senses to explore the space around them. Inspection history Most recent inspection 8 May 2025 Good Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published. 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