Full-day nursery in Billingham South, Stockton-on-Tees
Tummyticklers
Everard Ellis Centre, Mill Lane, BILLINGHAM, TS23 1HG · 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
Everard Ellis Centre, Mill Lane, BILLINGHAM, TS23 1HG · More nurseries in TS23
Stations
- Billingham24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Grange Avenue, Mill Lane Stores and Belasis Avenue Stores.
Parks and playgrounds
- Billingham Green4 min walk
- Billingham Peace Garden11 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 Stockton-on-Tees 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.
What parents say
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Tummyticklers is a full-day nursery at Everard Ellis Centre, Mill Lane, BILLINGHAM, TS23 1HG, in Billingham South, Stockton-on-Tees. It is registered for 50 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (November 2026).
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| TummyticklersThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Billingham South Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected December 2023 0.3 miles
- St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.5 miles
- Norton Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected January 2025 0.8 miles
- Pentland Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.8 miles
- Red House School ages 3–17has a nursery class 1.0 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 1.1 miles
- Crooksbarn Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 1.2 miles
- Roseberry Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery class 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 Tummyticklers's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Tummyticklers Good at its inspection on 30 August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Tummyticklers take?
Tummyticklers is registered with Ofsted for up to 50 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Tummyticklers?
Billingham is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Tummyticklers?
You can call 01642 550942 and visit www.tummyticklers.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 EY438503 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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