6 nurseries in Chester Le Street

Every day nursery in Chester Le Street on the Ofsted register, best rated first, with what a place costs in North East after the free hours.

6 day nurseries

418 places in total

£126 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Day nurseries in Chester Le Street, best rated first

All 6 day nurseries in Chester Le Street
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	2nd Home Childcare Ltd@Barley Mow DH3 2DJ	Good	30 September 2025	45
2	Bright Star Nursery DH3 3SR	Good	8 May 2024	89
3	Bright Star Nursery - Birtley DH3 2PR	Good	27 January 2023	140
4	Eden Garden Nursery DH2 1QX	Good	31 October 2022	61
5	The Village Montessori Nursery School DH3 2BD	Good	19 August 2022	39
6	Dream Big Nursery School DH2 3LN	Not yet graded	Not yet	44

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Nurseries by postcode in Chester Le Street

Chester Le Street is in Gateshead and Durham.

Nursery fees in Chester Le Street

What day nurseries in North East charge on average. Fees in Chester Le Street itself can sit above or below this.

Average weekly price in term time, North East, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age	25 hours a week	50 hours a week
Under 2	£166no funded hours	£140after 30 funded hours
2 years old	£159no funded hours	£126after 30 funded hours
3 to 4 years old	£58after the free 15 hours	£117after 30 funded hours

Regional average, not any one nursery's price. Source: Coram Childcare Survey 2026. Work out your own monthly cost.

30 hours free childcare in Chester Le Street

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in Chester Le Street as anywhere in England. Every day nursery listed here is registered with Ofsted, which is what a nursery needs to offer them.

Check which hours your child can get

Who	Free hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months	30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old	15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits	15 hours

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.