Full-day nursery in Tynemouth, North Tyneside
Kinder Castle
4 Tynemouth Road, Tynemouth, NORTH SHIELDS, NE30 4AY · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
4 Tynemouth Road, Tynemouth, NORTH SHIELDS, NE30 4AY · More nurseries in NE30
Stations
- Tynemouth (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)3 min walk · 0.1 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Tynemouth Road-Oxford Street, Tynemouth Road-Allendale Place and Tynemouth Village.
Parks and playgrounds
- Northumberland Park3 min walk
- Playground8 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 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.
What parents say
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Kinder Castle is a full-day nursery at 4 Tynemouth Road, Tynemouth, NORTH SHIELDS, NE30 4AY, in Tynemouth, North Tyneside. It is registered for 97 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Kings Priory School All-throughages 4–18Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.2 miles
- Sir James Knott Memorial Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2022 0.3 miles
- King Edward Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.7 miles
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.9 miles
- Hadrian Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.9 miles
- Monkhouse Primary School Primaryages 5–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 1.0 miles
- Spring Gardens Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected December 2021 1.1 miles
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.2 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 Kinder Castle's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Kinder Castle Good at its inspection on 31 March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Kinder Castle take?
Kinder Castle is registered with Ofsted for up to 97 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Kinder Castle?
Tynemouth (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) is the nearest station we know of, 0.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Kinder Castle?
You can call 0191 270 4545 and visit kinder-castle.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 EY280850 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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