Full-day nursery in Sheriff Hill, Gateshead
Kids 1st QE
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, GATESHEAD, NE9 6SX · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- 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
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, GATESHEAD, NE9 6SX · More nurseries in NE9
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Windy Nook Road and Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hodkin Park5 min walk
- Carr Hill Recreation Ground6 min walk
- White Hill12 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 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 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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Kids 1st QE is a full-day nursery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, GATESHEAD, NE9 6SX, in Sheriff Hill, Gateshead. It is registered for 108 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.2 from 15 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited.
Run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 300 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kids 1st QEThis 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
- Glynwood Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.4 miles
- Carr Hill Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.5 miles
- Larkspur Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected October 2024 0.5 miles
- Windy Nook Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.6 miles
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.6 miles
- Kells Lane Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.7 miles
- Falla Park Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.7 miles
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 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 Kids 1st QE's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Kids 1st QE Good at its inspection on 25 May 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Kids 1st QE take?
Kids 1st QE is registered with Ofsted for up to 108 children at any one time.
Who runs Kids 1st QE?
Kids 1st QE is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Kids 1st QE?
Felling (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Kids 1st QE?
You can call 0191 487 0244 and visit www.busybeeschildcare.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 EY493306 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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