Little Willows Kindergarten

Joicey Road, Low Fell, Gateshead NE9 5AT
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9.9 137 Reviews
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Owner

  • Tanya Vadhera
  • Privately Owned

Person in Charge

  • Vicky Rounthwaite (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 17

Total Places for Children

  • 120

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Parking

  • The nursery have ample parking behind the building.

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Little Willows Kindergarten Reviews (137)

9.9

Little Willows Kindergarten has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.856) out of 10, based on 40 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Little Willows Kindergarten has 137 reviews.

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Review from Rebecca W (Mother of Child) published on 17 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Lovely staff and lovely nursery. My son has come on great since starting. The nursery has also been flexible with days, which has been a great help. My son also loves the trips out and playing football.
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Review from Katy D (Mother of Child) published on 17 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The nursery has been an amazing experience from the very start. All the staff are extremely friendly and helpful. My daughter settled in straight away and her progress since she started has been brilliant. She has learnt so much and loves coming to nursery.
I have already recommended this nursery to
a lot of friends. I will definitely be bringing my new baby here when I go back to work.
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Review from Cataliana B (Mother of Child) published on 16 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am very pleased with the Day Nursery. The staff are always very happy and helpful with anything we always needed. I would highly recommend it.
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Review from Amanda W (Mother of Child) published on 16 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter loves coming to this nursery as we recently changed. She comes in with a smile on her face and asks when she is next there. This is a supportive, nurturing environment and I couldn't be happier as a parent to see my little girl thrive and grow here.
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Review from Gillian S (Grandmother of Child) published on 16 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Great staff, lovely nursery, great atmosphere. My grandaughters home away from home.
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Review from K J (Mother of Child) published on 14 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
A lovely nursery. My daughter constantly asks when she can go to the nursery! Settled in straight away. Lovely staff, you always get a recap on how they've been and what they've been doing. Overall, excellent, highly recommended!
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Review from Chris P (Father of Child) published on 14 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Staff are all really friendly. My daughter always seems happy here.
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Review from Christian H (Mother of Child) published on 14 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We couldn't rate the nursery higher! The staff are very approachable and caring towards all the children and parents. Great food selection and regular snacks.
Our daughter attends one day a week at the moment but looks forward to going and has come on in leaps and bounds. Would definitely recommend!
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Review from David H (Father of Child) published on 14 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
A great facility with great support from the staff in the development of our daughter. She is confident and happy and her reports show she is flourishing.
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Review from Amy C (Mother of Child) published on 10 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My son started the nursery in February 2018 and struggled to settle at first. I was starting a new job and found the whole experience quite stressful. But every time I picked my son up, the staff in the baby room reassured me every time, showing me images on the IPad of his day and explaining what he
had done. Now he loves to go in and holds his arms out for them.
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Review from Adele B (Mother of Child) published on 5 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I love the Nursery. I was so nervous about sending my 2 little girls to nursery and the staff were all so amazing and supportive. My little ones love nursery and are so happy there. The curriculum is broad and balanced and they have come on leaps and bounds since they started. The staff are so kind,
approachable and caring - I genuinely feel so at ease knowing they are with such a wonderful staff team! Thank you for all you do for my girls!
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Review from Lauren B (Mother of Child) published on 1 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff at the nursery are excellent. They are very attentive and always listen to me. My daughter loves nursery, she is well cared for and is coming along fantastically with her speech and social skills. The nursery itself is well equipped and up to date with technology.
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Review from Abbey C (Mother of Child) published on 30 July 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Great nursery, staff are so loving and helpful. My son has been going here since 9 months old and I'm amazed by his progress and I believe it has a lot to do with the staff at the nursery. Fantastic menu of home cooked meals and great toys and surroundings. He loves it and I love it.
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Review from Jenny C (Mother of Child) published on 30 July 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
The nursery has been recently renovated with all new toys and equipment providing a safe and clean learning environment. There is an array of activities on offer to enhance educational development. The outside space is a good size with a bug's hotel and play frame with slide and the staff are keen to
get the children outside as much as possible. Meals supplied are readily eaten by my somewhat choosy child. The staff are committed to the care and development of the children and seem just as enthusiastic when our little one achieves something new as we are. Management have shown a keen interest to take on board the views of parents, keeping us up to date with newsletters. They have offered social events creating a community feel to the nursery.
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Review from Susan B (Mother of Child) published on 30 July 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have used this nursery for the last 3 years, since my child turned one. He is just about to leave for school and I couldn't be happier knowing that he has developed so many essential skills, both academic and social to help him transition with ease. I can't thank the staff enough for making him the
amazing boy he is now.


I knew nothing of the nursery as it was out of my residential area, closer to work, so really had to just go for it. I'm so glad I did.


Me, as well as my child, have made friends for life. We will never forget the nursery or the staff.


I have no desire for another child, one is enough, but if it ever did happen, I wouldn't think twice of which nursery to put them in.

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Review from Rachael M (Mother of Child) published on 30 July 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has come on massively since joining the nursery. He speech is picking up and he can count to 3.


The nursery has a lovely outdoor area and loads of activities and gets a lovely freshly made food everyday he is there.

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Review from Kaylie N (Mother of Child) published on 19 July 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Overall a fantastic nursery, very clean and well organised. Staff are very friendly. My son has come on loads since being in the nursery.
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.856)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.856) out of 10 for Little Willows Kindergarten is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 40 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 39 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:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.856 for Little Willows Kindergarten is calculated as follows: ( (420 Excellents x 5) + (51 Goods x 4) + (4 Satisfactorys x 3) + (2 Poors x 2) + (1 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 478 Ratings = 4.856
  2. 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 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Little Willows Kindergarten is based on 39 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 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 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 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 120 number of registered child places is 24, which has been reached with 39 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. 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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