Kids 1st Rake Lane

Rake Lane, North Shields NE29 8NH
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7.1 26 Reviews
  • Kids 1st Rake Lane, North Shields
Kids 1st Day Rake Lane was the first Kids 1st nursery in the group of North East nurseries and has consistently maintained a refreshing and secure approach towards childcare and early years learning.

A pleasant and well-equipped interior is complimented by enclosed gardens, with a versatile range of creative play and education programmes incorporated, including for languages and and music.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Maria McCluskey (Centre Director)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 35

Total Places for Children

  • 112

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

Kids 1st Rake Lane Reviews (26)

7.1

Kids 1st Rake Lane has a Review Score of 7.1 (7.128) out of 10, based on 1 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Kids 1st Rake Lane has 26 reviews.

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Review from Anna C (Mother of Child) published on 31 May 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been at Rake Lane nursery since before he turned one and we have always had a positive experience.
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Review from Louise B (Mother of Child) published on 27 April 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My 19-month-old has been at Kids 1st Rake Lane for 7 months and he loves it. All of the staff are fantastic and he was put at ease from day 1 by the loving fun nature that the Kids 1st team foster. My son loves his days at the nursery and is developing so quickly which is supported massively by the
team at Rake Lane. A great start in life for your little one.
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Review from C C (Mother of Child) published on 20 April 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Kids 1st is an excellent nursery. It provides a safe, warm environment and my son enjoys attending. The staff are kind, caring and professional. I would highly recommend this nursery to friends/colleagues.
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Review from Katie N (Mother of Child) published on 18 April 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Kids 1s at Race Lane is a really lovely nursery, very friendly staff and a lovely environment for the children to play and learn.
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Review from Kelly A (Nanny Carer of Child) published on 26 January 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This nursery is excellent, I can't praise it enough! Great staff and great facilities! Very accommodating.
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Review from Sonia P (Mother of Child) published on 18 January 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our little girl has been going to Kids 1st for over a year. The staff were amazing supporting her (and me!) to settle there. She is now still very happy there and talks a lot about the activities she does and affectionately about the staff and children there.


She especially loves the dancing sessions

and is looking forward to her Christmas show! The other children are respectful and warm to each other and me when I pick up/drop off. this is due to the examples modelled by the staff. As a parent, the staff are very open, approachable and professional.
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Current Review Score: 7.1 (7.128)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 7.1 (7.128) out of 10 for Kids 1st Rake Lane is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.1 out of 5 from 1 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.0 out of 5 from 1 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 4.083 for Kids 1st Rake Lane is calculated as follows: ( (4 Excellents x 5) + (5 Goods x 4) + (3 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 12 Ratings = 4.083
  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 3.045 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Kids 1st Rake Lane is based on 1 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 = 3
    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 112 number of registered child places is 22.4. 1 Positive Reviews ÷ 22.4 = 0.045
  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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Meet the Team (1)

Maria

Maria McCluskey

Job Title: Centre Director

Hello, my name is Maria and I am the Centre Director here at Kids 1st Rake Lane.

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