Full-day nursery in Newbiggin Hall Estate, Newcastle upon Tyne
Little Bears Trevelyan Drive
285 Trevelyan Drive, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE5 4BP · 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 November 2022Reference 2715306Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 11 February 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places43 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 16 July 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
285 Trevelyan Drive, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE5 4BP · More nurseries in NE5
Stations
- Bank Foot (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)15 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Kingston Park (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)23 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Trevelyan Drive-Eastgarth, Trevelyan Drive-School and Trevelyan Drive - Eastgarth.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 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 Newcastle upon Tyne there are about 3.6 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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Little Bears Trevelyan Drive is a full-day nursery at 285 Trevelyan Drive, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE5 4BP, in Newbiggin Hall Estate, Newcastle upon Tyne. It is registered for 43 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Little Bears Children's Day Nursery Ltd.
Run by Little Bears Children's Day Nursery Ltd (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Bears Trevelyan DriveThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Kingston Park PlaygroupSessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.9 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Cheviot Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.1 miles
- St Mark's Catholic Primary School, Westerhope Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.4 miles
- Farne Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.4 miles
- Simonside Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2020 0.5 miles
- Kenton Bar Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.7 miles
- Kingston Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected November 2024 0.7 miles
- Hilton Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected September 2025 0.8 miles
- Mary Astell Academy ages 5–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.9 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 Little Bears Trevelyan Drive's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Bears Trevelyan Drive Good at its inspection on 11 February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Bears Trevelyan Drive take?
Little Bears Trevelyan Drive is registered with Ofsted for up to 43 children at any one time.
Who runs Little Bears Trevelyan Drive?
Little Bears Trevelyan Drive is run by Little Bears Children's Day Nursery Ltd, which runs 3 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Little Bears Trevelyan Drive?
Bank Foot (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
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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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2715306 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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