Full-day nursery in Birtley, Gateshead
Bright Star Nursery - Birtley
Birtley Lane, Birtley, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 2PR · 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.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Birtley Lane, Birtley, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 2PR · More nurseries in DH3
Buses
19 bus stops within 400 m, including Birtley Lane-The Avenue, Fell Bank-Birtley Lane and Birtley Lane-School.
Parks and playgrounds
- Birtley Grove Park2 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 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.
What parents say
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Bright Star Nursery - Birtley is a full-day nursery at Birtley Lane, Birtley, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 2PR, in Birtley, Gateshead. It is registered for 140 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.0 from 6 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Gainford Care Homes Limited.
Run by Gainford Care Homes Limited (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Star Nursery - BirtleyThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 0.2 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.3 miles
- Ravensworth Terrace Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2024 0.3 miles
- Portobello Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.6 miles
- Birtley East Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Barley Mow Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.8 miles
- Holley Park Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 1.0 miles
- Blackfell Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 1.2 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 Bright Star Nursery - Birtley's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Star Nursery - Birtley Good at its inspection on 27 January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Star Nursery - Birtley take?
Bright Star Nursery - Birtley is registered with Ofsted for up to 140 children at any one time.
Who runs Bright Star Nursery - Birtley?
Bright Star Nursery - Birtley is run by Gainford Care Homes Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
How do I contact Bright Star Nursery - Birtley?
You can call 0191 492 4360 and visit www.brightstarnursery.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY542619 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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