Full-day nursery in Percy Main, North Tyneside
Riverside Ready For School Centre.
Riverside Centre, Minton Lane, NORTH SHIELDS, NE29 6DQ · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Riverside Centre, Minton Lane, NORTH SHIELDS, NE29 6DQ · More nurseries in NE29
Stations
- Meadow Well (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)7 min walk · 0.3 miles
- North Shields (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)14 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Percy Main (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)16 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including Waterville Road-Silkeys Lane, Howdon Road-Smiths Park and Waterville Rd-Upper Elsdon St.
Parks and playgrounds
- West End Park1 min walk
- Chirton Dene Park4 min walk
- St Johns Green7 min walk
- Coble Dene Park9 min walk
- Redburn Dene10 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.
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Riverside Ready For School Centre. is a full-day nursery at Riverside Centre, Minton Lane, NORTH SHIELDS, NE29 6DQ, in Percy Main, North Tyneside. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Ready For School Centre.This nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Tynemouth Nursery at Billy MillFull-day nursery | Report card 2026 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.0 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Riverside Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected July 2024 0.1 miles
- Waterville Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.2 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.4 miles
- Collingwood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.6 miles
- Spring Gardens Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected December 2021 0.6 miles
- Percy Main Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.8 miles
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 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 Riverside Ready For School Centre.'s Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Riverside Ready For School Centre. Outstanding at its inspection on 20 June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Riverside Ready For School Centre. take?
Riverside Ready For School Centre. is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Riverside Ready For School Centre.?
Meadow Well (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 310201 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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