Full-day nursery in South Shields, South Tyneside
Stanley's At Marine Park
Marine Park Childrens Centre, Flagg Court, South Shields, NE33 2LS · 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.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since April 2015Reference EY488170Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 25 November 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places20 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 17 October 2013Food 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
Marine Park Childrens Centre, Flagg Court, South Shields, NE33 2LS · More nurseries in NE33
Stations
- South Shields (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)6 min walk · 0.2 miles
- Chichester (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)22 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
33 bus stops within 400 m, including Ocean Road, Anderson Street-Ocean Road and Anderson Street-Library.
Parks and playgrounds
- South Marine Park5 min walk
- North Marine Park5 min walk
- Bents Park8 min walk
- St Stephen's Gardens11 min walk
- Playground2 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 South Tyneside there are about 4 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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Stanley's At Marine Park is a full-day nursery at Marine Park Childrens Centre, Flagg Court, South Shields, NE33 2LS, in South Shields, South Tyneside. It is registered for 20 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council.
Run by South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council (local council), which runs 10 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Marine Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.1 miles
- Hadrian Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.4 miles
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected May 2024 0.4 miles
- Westoe Crown Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.5 miles
- Laygate Community School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.8 miles
- Sir James Knott Memorial Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2022 1.0 miles
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.1 miles
- Waterville Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 1.1 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 Stanley's At Marine Park's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Stanley's At Marine Park Outstanding at its inspection on 25 November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Stanley's At Marine Park take?
Stanley's At Marine Park is registered with Ofsted for up to 20 children at any one time.
Who runs Stanley's At Marine Park?
Stanley's At Marine Park is run by South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council, which runs 10 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Stanley's At Marine Park?
South Shields (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 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 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY488170 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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