Full-day nursery in Yews Hill, Kirklees
1st Steps Preschool
St. Barnabas Parish Hall, 3 De Trafford Street, HUDDERSFIELD, HD4 5DR · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
St. Barnabas Parish Hall, 3 De Trafford Street, HUDDERSFIELD, HD4 5DR · More nurseries in HD4
Stations
- Lockwood6 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Church Avenue, College Street and Yews Lane.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Kirklees there are about 3 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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1st Steps Preschool is a full-day nursery at St. Barnabas Parish Hall, 3 De Trafford Street, HUDDERSFIELD, HD4 5DR, in Yews Hill, Kirklees. It is registered for 66 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.7 from 3 reviews (November 2026). It is run by 1st Steps Pre-School Limited.
Run by 1st Steps Pre-School Limited (school), which runs 3 nurseries.
Compare nurseries nearby
| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Steps PreschoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| 1st Steps Nursery & PreschoolFull-day nursery | Report card 2025 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.3 miles |
| Little Wonders NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Bumblebee NurserySessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Honeybee NurserySessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
| Northfields Crosland MoorFull-day nursery | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
| Charley's Angels Day NurseryFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Oak CofE Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 0.3 miles
- Beaumont Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected December 2024 0.5 miles
- Mount Pleasant Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.5 miles
- Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.6 miles
- Luck Lane, A Share Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11 0.7 miles
- Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 0.8 miles
- Huddersfield Grammar School ages 3–16has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- Hillside Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 1.0 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is 1st Steps Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated 1st Steps Preschool Good at its inspection on 19 January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can 1st Steps Preschool take?
1st Steps Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 66 children at any one time.
Who runs 1st Steps Preschool?
1st Steps Preschool is run by 1st Steps Pre-School Limited, which runs 3 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to 1st Steps Preschool?
Lockwood is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact 1st Steps Preschool?
You can call 07722 286472.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY473386 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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