Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road

1 Bywell Street, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 2QN
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9.3 17 Reviews
  • Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road provides highly quality care and education for children between the ages of three months and five years.

Children are provided with exciting and challenging play and learning opportunities to enable them to flourish and reach their full potential. With good quality play areas, both indoors and outdoors, children have every opportunity to explore and discover the world around them in a warm, caring environment.

Staff at the nursery are highly qualified to provide care and learning for the children at the nursery and support their development throughout their time in early years education.

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Care Provided by Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Local Authority Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Debbie Hindmarsh (Nursery Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 20
  • Total Places for Children
  • 54
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 08:00-18:00
    Tuesday 08:00-18:00
    Wednesday 08:00-18:00
    Thursday 08:00-18:00
    Friday 08:00-18:00
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays, 1 week at Christmas & 6 training days per year

Funding & Fees Guide for Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road

  • From April 2023:
    Under Two Years £55.50 full day and £32.00 half day
    Over Two Years £52.50 full day and £ 30.50 half day

  • Fee paying & free places

Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road Reviews (17)

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Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road has a Review Score of 9.3 (9.288) out of 10, based on 7 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road has 17 reviews.

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Review from Laura L (Mother of Child) published on 12 February 2025
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The nursery has been absolutely amazing with both of my children. The oldest has now left but their advice, support and care have been unexpected and so appreciated. My youngest lights up every morning walking in which just shows how much he loves it. The place feels like family and I'm not sure how
I would have managed without them.

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Review from Mariq M (Mother of Child) published on 15 August 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Outstanding nursery, all my three children have been to Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road. My own experience with them has been amazing, the staff are so welcoming, evidenced by their social skills to their vocabulary which has improved a lot since they started going to this wonderful place. I can't
praise all the ladies enough for all their work with all of my children.

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Review from V C (Mother of Child) published on 31 July 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has blossomed at Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road Day Nursery. She has grown up in this setting and we both have made strong connections with the staff, management and other children. With their support and guidance, she has met or exceeded all her development milestones and I've certainly
learned a few things too! All the staff are lovely, caring individuals. The food is great quality, the building is safe and welcoming. To be even better, parents could have online access to their child's learning journey but the team are very good at updating from day to day.

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Review from Shahed A (Father of Child) published on 5 July 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My experience with Dunstanburgh Road Day Nursery, all staff is friendly and really helpful with everything. Really good with the children. My older son was there, he like the school lots. He absolutely loves it. All the staff is brilliant. He loves his teachers and has lots of fun. Lots of things to
do and lots to play with he enjoys. School Management always has time to talk to me about any concerns I feel very good I know about my child, what my child do at school, he is always happy to go to school.

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Review from James D (Father of Child) published on 23 June 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The staff have been very kind and they are very easy to understand when there is a problem or important stuff that happened.
My child is enjoying going to nursery, there have been a few ups and downs so far but they are improving slowly as time passes.

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Review from Danielle H (Mother of Child) published on 8 June 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been attending for just over a year. When she first arrived, she could only say two words and with the help of the workers, she can now say a wide range of words and sentences. She has had very low confidence and she is now coming out a great deal with her confidence. The staff are friendly,
helpful and polite with everything they do. I could not recommend a better place for my little girl to go, it's amazing.

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Review from S B (Mother of Child) published on 6 June 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I really appreciate your great hospitality and teaching skills. Keep it up. My daughter likes the school.

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Review from Julie T (Grandmother of Child) published on 27 May 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My grandson goes to nursery three days a week. He absolutely loves it. All the staff is brilliant. He loves his teachers and has lots of friends. Lots of things to do and lots to play with He enjoys his dinners and puddings too.

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Review from Valerie E (Grandmother of Child) published on 18 May 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My experience with Dunstanburgh Day Nursery, all staff is friendly and really helpful with everything. Really caring with the children. My granddaughter loves the nursery, has lots of friends, and a good bond with the keyworkers, head staff, and even kitchen staff. They really bring children on with
their love and care and learning. Maybe it could have more facilities outside for 3/4-year-olds but overall everything is good, no problems.

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Review from Richard A (Father of Child) published on 18 May 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Excellent for child development and interaction.

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Review from F K (Father of Child) published on 18 May 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The girls are excellent. My daughter befriended them very quickly. They teach her a lot of new things and she is not so shy anymore. The place is clean. My daughter likes most of the food. Management always has time to talk to me about any concerns. Facilities could use an injection of fresh cash. More
learning materials, more modern doors, and gates, improvements in the outside play area but the staff is managing to play with kids with what they have, bless them! An overall lovely and safe place for my child. I am happy for my child to be here.

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Review from L S (Mother of Child) published on 18 May 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our daughter has a great experience. She always comes home telling us about the variety of indoor and outdoor activities she has taken part in. Our daughter's skills have developed since coming to nursery in many ways, with new stories and songs, learning to share and learning letters and numbers. The
team is always full of praise and it is clear our daughter respects and loves the team. We have already recommended Dunstanburgh to a friend who now sends her son here too.

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Review from D D (Mother of Child) published on 18 May 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Amazing nursery. My little one loves it. Very comforting and calming. My little one really looks forward to coming. The staff is very friendly and accommodating.

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Review from Yasaman K (Mother of Child) published on 18 May 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Lovely staff and a very good place.

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Review from Lorna K (Mother of Child) published on 18 May 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Since coming to this nursery I have seen my daughter come on leaps and bounds. Her confidence has grown so much and she has made so many friends. The staff is so encouraging and I cannot thank them enough.

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Review from A P (Mother of Child) published on 18 May 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

This nursery is lovely. All the staff is very attentive to each child's family an situation. Flexible and I feel my child is fully integrated and loved here. I have peace of mind when I leave him here.

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Review from C H (Mother of Child) published on 15 May 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Dunstanburgh Day Nursery welcomed my daughter in September 2019 and since then she has gained so much confidence and gained so much in skills. Can't fault them at all. The best decision made sending her to the nursery. 10/10 for everything.

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Current Review Score: 9.3 (9.288)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.3 (9.288) out of 10 for Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 7 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.3 out of 5 from 7 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.940 for Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road is calculated as follows: ( (79 Excellents x 5) + (5 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 84 Ratings = 4.94

  • b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').

    The 4.348 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road is based on 7 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 3.7

    • ii) 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 54 number of registered child places is 10.8. 7 Positive Reviews ÷ 10.8 = 0.648

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road

What is the Age Range of Children that Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road accepts?

Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road accepts Children aged from 0 years 3 months to 5 years 0 months.

What Days & Hours is Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road Open?

Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road is open: Monday 08:00-18:00, Tuesday 08:00-18:00, Wednesday 08:00-18:00, Thursday 08:00-18:00, Friday 08:00-18:00.

How many Children does Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road have capacity for?

Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road has capacity for a total of 54 Children.

How far is Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road to the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne?

2.0 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.

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