Kids Planet Wallsend

A dance studio, a sensory room and weekly coach-led sports give Kids Planet Wallsend a character that extends beyond its age-group rooms. Movement has several settings here, from a large sports room to soft play, while a garden and nearby community park provide outdoor opportunities. For children who enjoy being active, that is a useful combination.

At its August 2025 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Outstanding overall, highlighting teaching shaped around children's interests and the next steps in their learning. The practical detail behind that judgement matters: toddlers explored number through dinosaur prints, while older children worked on hand control with dough. Play had a clear educational purpose.

The nursery has capacity for 120 children, with a current age range of one month to five years. Children move through five rooms according to both age and readiness. Full days, mornings, afternoons and a short day give families several attendance patterns to consider.

Learning and Activities

The early years foundation stage sets the requirements for children's learning, development and care. In everyday terms, this connects play with learning to communicate, use physical skills and understand the world, rather than treating care and education as separate parts of the day.

In August 2025, learning plans changed in response to children's ideas and developmental needs. One activity used toy dinosaur footprints to introduce counting and patterns; another involved manipulating dough to practise precise finger movements. These examples show how familiar play materials could serve different learning purposes, depending on the child.

Language was threaded through activities too. In August 2025, babies heard songs and rhymes, toddlers discussed a familiar story, and preschool children explored new vocabulary while making model volcanoes. Conversation was attached to something children were doing or remembering. That gives words a useful context.

Regular cooking club, gardening club and yoga sessions sit alongside weekly sports led by a dedicated coach, with sports activities adjusted to children's interests. Cooking and gardening add practical activities to the routine; yoga adds another way to move. The weekly sports session gives physical activity a recurring place in the nursery week.

Outdoor and Community Life

The garden and nearby community park extend the spaces children use for play and exploration. Indoors, the open-plan space, dance studio, sensory room, sports room and soft play room give the setting several environments for different kinds of activity. The physical offer is a substantial part of its appeal, rather than an incidental extra.

Children also had a say in nursery decisions in August 2025. The pre-school committee met in a meeting room to agree plans, giving older children a concrete opportunity to contribute ideas. This was more than choosing a toy: children participated in decisions about their setting.

During team games and sports challenges that month, children practised following instructions, waiting for a turn and coping when their team lost. These experiences connect physical play with social learning. The important ingredient is the adult guidance around the activity, rather than competition alone.

Relationships and Communication

Each child has a dedicated key worker who takes responsibility for supporting their everyday learning and development. That gives families a clear relationship around their child's care, alongside the wider staff team. Moving between the five rooms takes account of readiness as well as age, so progression is linked to the child rather than simply a birthday.

In August 2025, babies' routines responded to their individual needs, and staff used gestures, facial expressions and body language to understand what they wanted. Older children developed relationships with familiar adults. For a parent of a young baby, the useful detail is this attention to non-verbal communication and individual rhythms.

Famly, the group's parent app used here, provides updates during the day. It is included in the fee package, alongside the group's other inclusions. This gives parents another connection with nursery life between conversations with staff.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

At the August 2025 inspection, Ofsted found safeguarding effective and described assessments that identified children needing additional help, with individual care and learning plans supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). These are concrete mechanisms: identifying a need, planning support and adjusting learning, rather than a general promise of inclusion.

There were 23 staff working with children in August 2025. That is a dated whole-setting staffing count, not a description of how many adults work in any particular room. For families assessing care, the key worker arrangement and the account of responsive routines are more directly informative about their child's experience.

Freshly prepared snacks and meals cater for dietary needs. Mealtimes are also part of the cost distinction between private attendance and days using early years funding, so the food offer and its charging structure need to be considered together.

Sessions and Attendance

The nursery is at 6 Ferndale Avenue, Wallsend, NE28 7NE. It opens Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6pm and operates across 52 weeks of the year. Enquiries can be made by telephone on 0191 295 5928 or by email to wallsend@kidsplanetdaynurseries.co.uk.

A Full Day runs from 7.30am to 6pm. Morning attendance is 8.30am to 1pm, Afternoon is 1pm to 5.30pm, and the Short Day runs from 9am to 3pm. Full Time attendance uses the 7.30am to 6pm window, and ad hoc hourly care is also offered. These are different booking options, rather than simply different descriptions of opening hours.

Funding and Paid Extras

Government-funded childcare and private paid childcare are offered. On days where early years funding is applied, meals, consumables and activities carry separate charges, with the charge category depending on the length of attendance. The distinction matters when comparing a funded booking with an entirely private one.

The group's fee inclusions used at Wallsend cover meals and snacks, formula, nappies, wipes and sun cream; sports activities and Famly are included too. Funded attendance has its own charging position: food and consumables are charged separately on days using funding. Families should therefore compare the complete booking cost rather than treating funded hours as covering every element of the day. Current prices come in the nursery's written quotation.

• Your child's room and routine. Children progress through five rooms according to age and readiness. On a tour, ask how the move would work for your child and how their key worker would support it.
• Funded-day charges. Meals, consumables and activities are charged separately on days using early years funding. Request a written quotation for your chosen session pattern, separating funded hours, private hours and these additional charges.
• Address details. The nursery's address uses NE28 7NE, while its contact listing uses NE28 7NA for the same Ferndale Avenue premises. Confirm the postcode before travelling for a tour.

Kids Planet Wallsend suits families choosing between full days and shorter morning, afternoon or 9am to 3pm attendance, especially where movement and practical activities matter. Its dance studio, indoor sports space and recurring clubs give that preference tangible substance. The August 2025 Outstanding judgement adds weight to the choice, while the key worker arrangement provides a clear point of connection for families. The main practical consideration is the separate charging structure on funded days: compare the whole booking, including food, consumables and activities.