The Sue Hedley Nursery School

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

South TynesideLocal Authority

Jarrow and Gateshead EastConstituency

NE31 1QYPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

The Sue Hedley Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in South Tyneside, North East.

It currently serves 71 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Nursery schools have no key stage 2 cohort.

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

63%Boys

37%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 5
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 71
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
11 Mar 2025	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
30 Jan 2014	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.