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Nurserytime Team Valley

Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2023)
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5.0(6 parent reviews) ·New Road, Team Valley Trading Estate, GATESHEAD, NE11 0JU · Gateshead
Number of places
152 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2023
Local authority
Gateshead

About this day nursery

Nurserytime Team Valley provides high-quality care and education for children aged 0-5 years in a happy and clean environment. The nursery focuses on allowing children to explore their surroundings and learn through child-led activities, fostering independent development and growth.

They are committed to giving children the best start in life, with highly qualified staff dedicated to getting to know each child individually. Parents are encouraged to visit the nursery to experience the environment firsthand.

Nurserytime Team Valley is dedicated to maintaining high standards and offering additional learning experiences beyond the basic early years education.

Our ethos

Our nurseries all offer high-quality care and education in a happy, clean environment, with highly qualified staff, each of our settings is individual just like our children. Children are encouraged to explore their surroundings, allowing them to discover new things each day. Our children learn through play in child-led activities, allowing them to develop and grow independently.

What it's like

Managers and staff have worked extremely hard to enhance the quality of the environment for children, who benefit from exciting and purposeful play areas that help them to regulate their feelings and behaviours in a calm atmosphere. All children benefit from a curriculum specifically designed to strengthen their emotional development, and they show that they feel safe and secure, separating easily from their parents on arrival and eagerly greeting their friends.

High-quality careChild-led activitiesExploration and developmentAward-winning

Pricing & funding

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)
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 7.30am until 6pm, all year round.

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Nurserytime Team Valley

Last inspected 12 June 2023

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

Managers and staff have worked extremely hard to enhance the quality of the environment for children, who benefit from exciting and purposeful play areas that help them to regulate their feelings and behaviours in a calm atmosphere. All children benefit from a curriculum specifically designed to strengthen their emotional development, and they show that they feel safe and secure, separating easily from their parents on arrival and eagerly greeting their friends.

Inspector highlights

  • The quality of interactions between staff and children is strong and is occasionally outstanding, including specific focused time in an on-site wooded area.
  • The dedicated manager is passionate about the setting for children and staff alike, placing a strong emphasis on promoting the well-being of all, and evaluates the setting very well, gathering views to enhance and improve.
  • Risk assessments are prioritised, and children are supported to understand how to keep themselves safe.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are very well supported, with staff using individualised plans and small-group focused activities, leading to good progress in all areas of development.
  • Staff encourage children to develop their physical skills, modelling activities like squeezing play dough and offering encouragement as they learn to climb steps to a slide in the outside area.

Areas to develop

  • 1build on performance management procedures to help to identify emerging gaps in practice, particularly when introducing change to children's routine
  • 2enhance transition times at the setting to help children to prepare for the end of their play time before introducing the next part of the daily routine.
Inspection #10247961 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are very well supported. Staff use individualised plans for children to help them to understand the nursery routine. Children benefit from small-group focused activities that help them to develop their social skills. Children show that they make good progress in all areas of their development.

Outdoor space

Children use clipboards and pencils to note how many different insects they can find in an on-site wooded area. They make comparisons between insects when using magnifying glasses. Staff offer encouragement as children learn to climb steps to a slide in the outside area, and children learn to coordinate containers full of water to fill drainpipes and tubes, laughing as they watch the water rush down.

Parent Reviews of Nurserytime Team Valley

5.0
(6)
Catrina Mullen
2 years ago

We have used this nursery for almost 3 years now with my eldest and my youngest has just started going too. They both absolutely love it and the staff are amazing! I cannot recommend it enough!

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Kylie Wilson
3 years ago

Really good nursery never had any issues with my daughter attending she really enjoys being there . All staff are really friendly and willing to help when needed

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Glenn Booth
9 years ago

Second child is attending the like our first, he's coming along in leaps and bounds. Great place. Great facilities. Great staff.

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Maria Najeeb
7 years ago

Staff are lovely and very receptive to every individual child's needs.

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Vlada Kolb
2 months ago

Updating this review - nurses deserve all 5 stars!

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Inspection history
Improved from Requires improvement → Good in 2023

Date: June 2009

  • June 2023Good
  • June 2022Requires improvement
  • March 2022Inadequate
  • September 2016Good
  • March 2013Good
  • June 2009Good

Frequently asked about Nurserytime Team Valley

About the setting

The Valley Nursery and Kids Club registered in 2006. It is situated in Team Valley. The nursery employs 26 members of childcare staff, all holding appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above, including two with early years professional status or early years teacher status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, with sessions from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

URN
EY320833
Registered person
Team Valley Nursery Limited
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Previous rating
Requires improvement

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