Full-day nursery in Harlow Green, Gateshead
2nd Home Childcare Ltd@Chowdene
Chowdene Family Hub, Waverley Road, Gateshead, NE9 7TU · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
Chowdene Family Hub, Waverley Road, Gateshead, NE9 7TU · More nurseries in NE9
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Harlow Green Lane, Waverley Road-Woodstock Road and Hertford-Durham Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground6 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Gateshead there are about 3.2 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
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2nd Home Childcare Ltd@Chowdene is a full-day nursery at Chowdene Family Hub, Waverley Road, Gateshead, NE9 7TU, in Harlow Green, Gateshead. It is registered for 37 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by 2nd Home Childcare Ltd.
Run by 2nd Home Childcare Ltd (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Harlow Green Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 under 0.1 miles
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.2 miles
- The Cedars Academy ages 3–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 0.4 miles
- Oakfield Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2024 0.6 miles
- Oakfield Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.7 miles
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.8 miles
- Glynwood Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 1.0 miles
- Fell Dyke Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2022 1.0 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is 2nd Home Childcare Ltd@Chowdene's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated 2nd Home Childcare Ltd@Chowdene Good at its inspection on 24 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can 2nd Home Childcare Ltd@Chowdene take?
2nd Home Childcare Ltd@Chowdene is registered with Ofsted for up to 37 children at any one time.
Who runs 2nd Home Childcare Ltd@Chowdene?
2nd Home Childcare Ltd@Chowdene is run by 2nd Home Childcare Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
How do I contact 2nd Home Childcare Ltd@Chowdene?
You can call 0191 487 3297 and visit 2ndhomechildcare.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY475617 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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