Monkchester Road Nursery and Family Centre is a very inviting and friendly school where every child matters and no one is forgotten.

Latest Ofsted Inspection

We seek to raise aspirations, empower pupils, developing their capacity to make informed choices and lead a happy, healthy life.

We embrace diversity, recognise individual needs and encourage all pupils to achieve their best.

High quality teaching ensures we deliver a rich and varied curriculum in an inspiring and creative way.  Through their learning pupils become literate and numerate.

Mountfield is a lively and forward looking school and we are proud of our many achievements. Children and staff work tirelessly to achieve high standards in all aspects of school life.

As well as holding Full International School Status, from 1st September 2013 Mountfield became a Foundation School within the Newcastle North West Learning Trust, a group of eight schools. We hope that through this partnership and with your help and everyone’s hard work we should continue to improve.

MOVErs & Explorers is a free pre-school support group at Percy Hedley School providing a range of fun, nurturing, sensory based programmes. It is for families with young children who have neurological or motor disorders (such as cerebral palsy).  They may also have associated speech, language and communication difficulties.  Children are welcome to attend from the age of 3 months to preschool.

Sessions aim to work with parents develop their child’s physical, cognitive, social and communication skills via explorative play. 

It is a free program for Women of Colour and Refugee and Asylum experienced women which focuses on reclaiming our bodies, feeling good in our skin and feeling powerful, with each session ending with a shared meal. 

Food and travel expenses are also covered in this program and no dance experience is necessary.

An evening social for people living with MS and their family and friends. Takes place at Great Park Community Centre on the last Friday of each month. We aim to provide a safe environment where everyone can chat openly, learn more about MS, make new friends and, most importantly, have fun! Tea and coffee will be available throughout each session but at times we may ask for donations.

A social event for all people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS). It is very relaxed and there are no charges. You are welcome to come with someone to support you.

The Glasshouse has accessible toilets, lifts, and parking facilities for disabled people.

Tea, coffee, and sweets will also be available.  

We are a group specifically for families with twins, triplets and higher order multiples aged 0-5 to meet, play and support each other.  Siblings are also welcome to join the fun!

Our group is welcoming, friendly and an inclusive mainstream session. We are open to every child that is a multiple and their families under 5.

• Healthy snack
• Physical activity
• Music / song time
• Baby area

Term time only. 

Museum Mice is a play and exploration session for under 5s and their grown ups! It is the perfect place for little ones to socialise and make new friends whilst discovering the wonders of the museum. Each month there will be a series of four sessions which explore a particular theme inspired by the museum collections.

Booking required. 

A group ran by North Benwell Youth Project. NBYP wish to see the young people of North Benwell enjoy the same possibilities of life as their peers in other areas of Newcastle upon Tyne: the young people of North Benwell will generate their own hope for the future and be the agents of their own destinies.

These sessions are led and coordinated by Gem Arts and funded through Youth Music, to support local organisations to offer structured high quality music sessions to young  people delivered by professional musicians.

Come and join us and enjoy your favourite stories. This is a relaxed, fun filled session. 

No booking required.  

Any queries please ring  or email

Supported Internship for Ages 17-24 with EHCP

Our new internship offers real-world work experience and helps you gain job skills that employers want. With dedicated mentors, you'll grow in confidence and independence.

What to Expect

NAPI provides a support service for all parent and toddler groups across the city. To do this, support workers visit on a regular basis, newsletters are circulated termly and resources are provided.

The organisation supports local parents to set up groups in their own area.

A citywide list of parent and toddler groups is continually updated and made available to the Newcastle Support Directory, parents and professionals involved in signposting parents to groups.

Hospitality employs a large number of people in the city centre and wider region with secure and progressive employment available within the sector. We are inviting a cohort of 20 students to come and experience three very different hospitality venues to help increase understanding of what employment opportunities exist within this landscape. Lunch will be provided.

Suitable for students:

The Radiography Department at the Freeman Hospital are inviting us behind the scenes to understand what Radiographers do, what you need to become one and to physically see some of the diagnostic machines in action. 

A truly unique event, we encourage only students who have a genuine interest in progressing into this profession, or to finding out more, to express interest in places.

Suitable for students who are

Tuesday 1st July 09:30am - 15:00pm

Suitable for students:

Thursday 4th July 09:15-15:15

Newcastle City Centre

NE1 CAN are seeking a small cohort of keen students considering progressing into law, either via a degree level apprenticeship or through the university route, with a view to becoming a solicitor. Visiting two city centre law firms, Samuel Phillips and Jacksons Law, students will experience two different working cultures and learn from current staff about what working in law is actually like
and what it takes to get there. NE1 CAN will provide lunch and students will be partaking in a law-based activity.

Wednesday 25th June

09:30 - 12:00

Please note, all expressions of interest to attend an NE1 CAN event must be made through either your education or youth provider.

Suitable for students:

Uniformed Services

The Probation Service and the Prison Service

Wednesday 23rd October.   09:30am - 2:30pm.  Venue TBC

Please note, all expressions of interest to attend an NE1 CAN event must be made through either your education or youth provider.

Wednesday 2nd July 

09:30-15;00

Marketing continues to be a popular subject with many employment opportunities available within this field. A huge part of the creative sector here in the North East, marketing agencies bring together specialists with different skills to deliver for clients giving staff the unique chance to work across many brands, products and projects. Join us as we visit two very different city centre businesses to experience what life is like working at a marketing agency. Lunch will be provided

Thursday 26th June & Friday 27th June 09:30-12.00

We are seeking a cohort of 12 students who are seriously considering committing to a future career in law as we take them into two very different and very well regarded Newcastle based law firms. Taking place across two consecutive mornings, students will join Jacksons Law on day one and Womble Bond Dickinson on day two and explore family, personal, commercial, employment, regulatory, banking, tax and property law.

If you would like to attend any of our NE1 CAN events, please follow the steps below:

The Great Run Company deliver some of the finest sporting events in existence across the UK. Alongside the event arm of the business, additional product lines include Film Nova, a UK based film production arm operating globally with partners including BBC Sport, FIFA and international athletic competitions. We will gain insight into the size and scale of the firm and talk to staff before taking part in a hands on activity on the quayside. Lunch will be provided.

Tuesday 24th June   

10:00 - 15:00

Suitable for students:

14 beds providing a behaviourally managed environment in which people with cognitive, emotional or behavioural outcome of an acquired brain injury can have access to rehabilitation.

How to get Referred:
Via Consultant

16 bedded neuro-psychiatry unit for assessment and treatment of neuro-psychiatric consequences of brain injury acquired in adult life and regional service for the assessment, diagnosis and management of Huntington’s disease.

16 beds (with fully equipped interim flat) providing highly specialised and integrated multi disciplinary rehabilitation for adults following an acquired brain injury or other neurological disease/illness (patients must be medically stable).

How to get Referred
Via single point of access, Donna Lowther.