Sessional pre-school in High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne
Woodlands Playgroup Community Interest Company
Woodlands Children Centre, Newton Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE7 7HD · 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
Woodlands Children Centre, Newton Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE7 7HD · More nurseries in NE7
Stations
- Longbenton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)24 min walk · 1.0 miles
- West Jesmond (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Newton Road-Newton Place, Heaton Manor Comprehensive School and Newton Road-Post Office.
Parks and playgrounds
- Jesmond Dene7 min walk
- Paddy Freeman's Park8 min walk
- Armstrong Park10 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Paddy Freemans Play Area playground10 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.
What parents say
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Woodlands Playgroup Community Interest Company is a sessional pre-school at Woodlands Children Centre, Newton Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE7 7HD, in High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 19 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlands Playgroup Community Interest CompanyThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Ladybird Children's Nursery - St Catherine'sSessional pre-school | Outstanding | 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
- Cragside Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected March 2025 0.3 miles
- Ravenswood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.4 miles
- Benton Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 0.7 miles
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Heaton Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected November 2023 0.8 miles
- Chillingham Road Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.9 miles
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.9 miles
- West Jesmond Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected May 2025 0.9 miles
- South Gosforth First School Primaryages 3–9has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2022 1.0 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 Woodlands Playgroup Community Interest Company's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Woodlands Playgroup Community Interest Company Good at its inspection on 21 January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
What is the nearest station to Woodlands Playgroup Community Interest Company?
Longbenton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Woodlands Playgroup Community Interest Company?
You can call 07875 367707 and visit woodlandsplaygroup.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY485481 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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