Full-day nursery in Woodstone Village, Durham
Tiny Tinkers Nursery
Fencehouses & District Community Centre, Woodstone Village, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6DS · 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 2713030Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 11 June 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places36 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 16 December 2025Food 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
Fencehouses & District Community Centre, Woodstone Village, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6DS · More nurseries in DH4
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including Community Centre, Electricity Sub-Station and Finchale Terrace.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground11 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 Durham there are about 4.6 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.
What parents say
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Tiny Tinkers Nursery is a full-day nursery at Fencehouses & District Community Centre, Woodstone Village, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6DS, in Woodstone Village, Durham. It is registered for 36 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 36 reviews (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
- Woodlea Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.2 miles
- Bournmoor Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.6 miles
- Dubmire Primary Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected October 2024 0.9 miles
- Lumley Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 1.1 miles
- Lumley Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 1.1 miles
- Burnside Academy Inspires Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 1.5 miles
- Newbottle Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.6 miles
- Shiney Row Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2022 1.7 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Tiny Tinkers Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Tiny Tinkers Nursery Good at its inspection on 11 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Tiny Tinkers Nursery take?
Tiny Tinkers Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 36 children at any one time.
How do I contact Tiny Tinkers Nursery?
You can call 07518 680496 and visit www.tinytinkers.org.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
- 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2713030 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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