Childcare and Early Education Providers

Our directory of childcare (including school age childcare) and early education setting in Newcastle.

Bright Minds Nursery @ Kenton School

Bright Minds Nursery @ Kenton School has a vibrant atmosphere, a child directed environment and a huge range of activities that children can choose to play. Children are happy and have a say in the way in which the setting is run. 

Castle Nurseries @ Dunstanburgh Road

We provide a wide range of activities, giving children opportunities to explore and develop skills using both indoor and outdoor environments.  We are a well equipped nursery that offers children scope and space to become independent while enjoying the knowledge that they are safe, valued and listened to.

Castle Nurseries @ Shieldfield

We cater for children 0-5 years. We follow the EYFS curriculum which is a mix of child initiated and adult led activities. We provide a wide variety of activities to cater for each child’s individual needs. We place a large emphasis on outdoor play and the children can access all areas of the curriculum both outside and in. Examples of activities are all kinds of creative and messy play, water, sand gardening, cooking.

Childsplay Claremont Nursery

Childsplay Nursery was established in 1982 as a "not for profit" cooperative and has been working alongside families successfully ever since. 

Church View Day Nursery

Happy children from just 6 weeks to 5 years learn and develop at Church View Day Nursery. Working within the 'Early Years Foundation Stage' framework we encourage children to initiate their own activities, making decisions and choices for themselves.

Elmfield Day Nursery

Our established nursery is staffed by a highly qualified and deeply committed team of professionals. the nursery brings a new dimension of care for your baby, toddler or preschool child, providing the perfect foundation for a happy and secure entry into school life.

Free Spirits Nursery

Free Spirits is a purpose built modular building that is set within the grounds of Freeman Hospital. We have excellent facilities including 6 spacious rooms two garden/ play areas.

Gosforth Nursery

At Gosforth Nursery, we’re proud to provide more than just childcare—we offer a place where little ones thrive. Our caring, experienced team creates strong bonds with each child, nurturing confidence and curiosity from the very start.

With baby sensory rooms, open-plan learning areas, and engaging garden spaces, we deliver a warm, stimulating environment that supports growth at every stage. Based in a vibrant, brand-new setting right between Regent Centre and Gosforth High Street, we’re perfectly placed for families and working parents alike.

Heaton Community Centre Childcare

Heaton Community Centre is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. We offer full day care places, a Nursery, an Out of School Club with Holiday Play Scheme, Onsite and Offsite Crèche Services.

Heaton Nursery

Heaton Nursery is a private registered day nursery school, which has been established since 1970 and caters for children from birth to 11 years.

Kids 1st - Jesmond

Our nursery has been designed to provide a wonderful, child-friend environment with rooms split depending on age group and stage of development. Each room has direct access to large, well-equipped and challenging gardens which have been designed to suit the age groups that use them.

Kids 1st Day Nursery

Kids 1st Gosforth nursery is split into 7 base rooms depending on age group and level of development and each room has direct access to large, well-equipped and challenging gardens which have been designed to suit the age groups that use them.

Kids 1st Great Park

The nursery has been designed and built specifically to help meet the demand of quality local childcare within the vibrant and growing community of Newcastle Great Park. Equipment has been sourced from a specific company following a visit to Norway.

Kids Planet Kenton Park

We are a friendly and homely nursery with a well established, highly regarded and very loving staff team who take exceptional pride in the quality of the care and education which they provide, cherishing and nurturing every child, and being as approachable and supportive to all our families as they possibly can.

Information from https://childrenandfamiliesnewcastle.org.uk/
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