Full-day nursery in North Ormesby, Middlesbrough
Dimples Riverside Day Nursery
Sharrock Close, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS3 6DF · 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
Sharrock Close, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS3 6DF · More nurseries in TS3
Stations
- Middlesbrough23 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including West Terrace, Market Place and Working Mens Club.
Parks and playgrounds
- St. John's Park9 min walk
- Pavillion Pines Park playground6 min walk
- Playground6 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 Middlesbrough there are about 4.9 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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Dimples Riverside Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Sharrock Close, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS3 6DF, in North Ormesby, Middlesbrough. It is registered for 110 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.5 from 4 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Bright Sparks Led Nursery Group Limited.
Run by Bright Sparks Led Nursery Group Limited (company), which runs 4 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimples Riverside Day NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Happy Little Sunbeams Day NurseryFull-day nursery | Requires improvement | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.0 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Lift North Ormesby Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.2 miles
- Breckon Hill Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2022 0.3 miles
- St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.4 miles
- Abingdon Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.5 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Berwick Hills Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.8 miles
- Pallister Park Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 1.0 miles
- Corpus Christi RC Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 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 Dimples Riverside Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Dimples Riverside Day Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 18 June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Dimples Riverside Day Nursery take?
Dimples Riverside Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 110 children at any one time.
Who runs Dimples Riverside Day Nursery?
Dimples Riverside Day Nursery is run by Bright Sparks Led Nursery Group Limited, which runs 4 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Dimples Riverside Day Nursery?
Middlesbrough is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Dimples Riverside Day Nursery?
You can call 01642 227778.
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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 EY550413 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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