Full-day nursery in Shotton, Durham
Howletch & Shotton Primary Childcare
Howletch and Shotton Primary Childcare Limited, Pennine Drive, Peterlee, SR8 2NQ · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since January 2008Reference EY362698Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 11 May 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places40 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 9 September 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Howletch and Shotton Primary Childcare Limited, Pennine Drive, Peterlee, SR8 2NQ · More nurseries in SR8
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Pennine Drive - Schools, Grampian Drive - Club and Pennine Dr - Cheviot Place.
Parks and playgrounds
- Wood House Park1 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground12 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 Durham there are about 4.6 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.
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Howletch & Shotton Primary Childcare is a full-day nursery at Howletch and Shotton Primary Childcare Limited, Pennine Drive, Peterlee, SR8 2NQ, in Shotton, Durham. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Howletch & Shotton Primary Childcare Ltd.
Run by Howletch & Shotton Primary Childcare Ltd (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Howletch Lane Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2023 0.4 miles
- Acre Rigg Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.6 miles
- Acre Rigg Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.6 miles
- Shotton Hall Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- Open Air Education ages 4–14 1.0 miles
- Seascape Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.2 miles
- Dene House Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 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 Howletch & Shotton Primary Childcare's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Howletch & Shotton Primary Childcare Good at its inspection on 11 May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Howletch & Shotton Primary Childcare take?
Howletch & Shotton Primary Childcare is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
Who runs Howletch & Shotton Primary Childcare?
Howletch & Shotton Primary Childcare is run by Howletch & Shotton Primary Childcare Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
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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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY362698 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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