Full-day nursery in West Moor, North Tyneside
Kids 1st - Quorum
Quorum Business Park, Benton Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE12 8FB · 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 April 2006Reference EY332755Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 1 August 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places108 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 29 May 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
Quorum Business Park, Benton Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE12 8FB · More nurseries in NE12
Stations
- Benton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)17 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Four Lane Ends (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)17 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Longbenton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)21 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Quorum Park, Quorum Park Entrance and Quorum Park Benton Lane.
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, 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 North Tyneside there are about 3.5 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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Kids 1st - Quorum is a full-day nursery at Quorum Business Park, Benton Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE12 8FB, in West Moor, North Tyneside. It is registered for 108 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 12 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited.
Run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 300 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Benton Dene Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected July 2024 0.3 miles
- Benton Dene School ages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.3 miles
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected December 2024 0.5 miles
- St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided) Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.5 miles
- Balliol Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.6 miles
- Westmoor Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery class 0.7 miles
- Benton House School ages 5–14 0.7 miles
- St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.8 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 Kids 1st - Quorum's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Kids 1st - Quorum Good at its inspection on 1 August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Kids 1st - Quorum take?
Kids 1st - Quorum is registered with Ofsted for up to 108 children at any one time.
Who runs Kids 1st - Quorum?
Kids 1st - Quorum is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Kids 1st - Quorum?
Benton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Kids 1st - Quorum?
You can call 0191 259 9179 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 · 30 October 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.
- 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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY332755 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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