Opening hours
Monday to Friday, all year round, except for bank holidays. Sessions are from 7am until 6pm.
Tummyticklers
Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2023)
Number of places
50 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2023
Local authority
Stockton-on-Tees
About this day nursery
Tummyticklers is a childcare nursery located in Billingham, aiming to provide a friendly, clean, healthy, and secure environment where children can learn, grow, and enjoy their time with peers. The day nursery caters to children aged from 6 weeks to 12 years old and prides itself on its flexibility to meet individual needs.
It operates from a large building with an open-plan design, divided into age-appropriate rooms, including a separate area for toddlers and a wrap-around room. This open-plan structure ensures safeguarding and familiarity among children and staff.
The day nursery boasts a large, secure outdoor area for various activities like planting, construction, and games, with plans for new play frames and slides. Security is a priority, featuring an 8-foot metal fence around the outdoor area and 24-hour CCTV surveillance.
Conveniently situated on Mill Lane, it is easily accessible from multiple nearby schools.
What it's like
Children arrive happily and eager to start their day, greeted by a caring, nurturing staff team. Staff are quick to respond to children's needs, providing cuddles and reassurance to help them feel safe and secure. The stimulating environment, both indoors and outside, offers a wide range of interesting activities.
Ages 6 weeks to 12 years oldSecure outdoor area with 24hr CCTVOpen-plan design with age-appropriate roomsFlexible to meet individual needs
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.
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Age range
6 weeks up to 12 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Registered with Ofsted
2012
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Tummyticklers
Last inspected 30 August 2023
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 arrive happily and eager to start their day, greeted by a caring, nurturing staff team. Staff are quick to respond to children's needs, providing cuddles and reassurance to help them feel safe and secure. The stimulating environment, both indoors and outside, offers a wide range of interesting activities.
Inspector highlights
- Children develop a love of books and reading, supported by staff and a lending library for parents.
- Staff effectively support children's communication and language skills through songs, rhymes, and engaging conversations.
- Children develop a secure understanding of numbers, counting, and size through planned learning opportunities and the introduction of mathematical language.
- Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour and use effective strategies to help them manage their own feelings and behaviours.
- Leaders ensure effective support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, with swift identification, referrals, and collaboration with other professionals.
Areas to develop
- 1support staff to focus more closely on all of the available opportunities within activities to challenge and extend children's learning even further
- 2use the initial information gathered from parents to plan for children's learning effectively from the very beginning.
Inspection #10305565 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
parents cannot speak highly enough about the nurturing staff and how well they accommodate children's individual needs.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Leaders ensure that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported effectively to make good progress. Staff are quick to identify children who are not at their expected levels of development. They make swift referrals and consistently work in partnership with other professionals to develop targeted plans for all children who need them. This helps these children to make the best possible progress.
Outdoor space
Staff provide children with plenty of time outside in the garden. They teach them how to manage risks, such as when they climb up and down the climbing frame. This helps children to develop their large muscles, balance and coordination.
Google Reviews of Tummyticklers
5.0
(2 Google reviews)
Hannah Elliott
7 years ago
Our son has just started a few weeks ago, he loves it. The girls are lovely and friendly, theres lots of creative, pretend and outside play and an update of everything hes done each session. So glad we found it, great little nursery that's really improving his social and communication skills.
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josh eastern
9 years ago
Our sarah loved the place just can't pull her away
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Inspection history
Date: September 2013
- August 2023Good
- February 2018Good
- October 2017Inadequate
- April 2014Good
- September 2013Inadequate
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