Full-day nursery in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne
Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road
1 Bywell Street, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 2QN · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
1 Bywell Street, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 2QN · More nurseries in NE6
Stations
- Byker (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)15 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Chillingham Road (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)19 min walk · 0.8 miles
- Walkergate (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Dunstanburgh Road-Newbold Street, Dunstanburgh Road-Allendale Road and Welbeck Road-Flodden Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- St. Anthony's Park4 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground11 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 Newcastle upon Tyne there are about 3.6 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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Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road is a full-day nursery at 1 Bywell Street, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 2QN, in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne. It is registered for 55 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in April 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.5 from 8 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Newcastle City Council.
Run by Newcastle City Council (local council), which runs 5 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
- Welbeck Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Monkchester Road Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected July 2025 0.2 miles
- St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.4 miles
- St Vincents Catholic Primary School, Newcastle Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.4 miles
- Byker Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected February 2025 0.6 miles
- Central Walker Church of England Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- Walkergate Community School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.9 miles
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Walker Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road Outstanding at its inspection on 17 April 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road take?
Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road is registered with Ofsted for up to 55 children at any one time.
Who runs Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road?
Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road is run by Newcastle City Council, which runs 5 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road?
Byker (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road?
You can call 0191 265 4546 and visit www.castle-nurseries.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 EY104355 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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