Full-day nursery in New Town, Sunderland
Houghton Community Nursery School
Houghton Community Nursery, Nesham Place, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH5 8AE · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Houghton Community Nursery, Nesham Place, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH5 8AE · More nurseries in DH5
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Lake Road, Hall Lane-Orchard Place and Elizabeth Street-Edwin Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Rectory Park6 min walk
- Durham Road Park8 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground9 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 Sunderland there are about 5.9 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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Houghton Community Nursery School is a full-day nursery at Houghton Community Nursery, Nesham Place, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH5 8AE, in New Town, Sunderland. It is registered for 52 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 5 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houghton Community Nursery SchoolThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Little JemsFull-day nursery | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.5 miles |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Houghton Le Spring Nursery School Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Bernard Gilpin Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected September 2022 0.2 miles
- Gillas Lane Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.6 miles
- Burnside Academy Inspires Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Newbottle Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.9 miles
- Eppleton Academy Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.9 miles
- Dubmire Primary Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected October 2024 1.4 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 Houghton Community Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Houghton Community Nursery School Outstanding at its inspection on 17 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Houghton Community Nursery School take?
Houghton Community Nursery School is registered with Ofsted for up to 52 children at any one time.
How do I contact Houghton Community Nursery School?
You can call 0191 584 6655 and visit www.houghtonnurseryschool.org.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 EY461958 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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