Full-day nursery in St Peter's, Kent
Barbies Footsteps
The L E A D Centre, Dane Valley Road, St. Peters, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 3JJ · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The L E A D Centre, Dane Valley Road, St. Peters, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 3JJ · More nurseries in CT10
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including The Cabin, Pearsons Way and Victoria Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground12 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 Kent there are about 3.2 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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Barbies Footsteps is a full-day nursery at The L E A D Centre, Dane Valley Road, St. Peters, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 3JJ, in St Peter's, Kent. It is registered for 80 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 5 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbies FootstepsThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2022 0.5 miles
- St Peter-in-Thanet CofE Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected May 2023 0.6 miles
- Northdown Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2021 0.7 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Broadstairs Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.7 miles
- St George's Church of England Foundation School All-throughages 4–19Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.8 miles
- Upton Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 1.0 miles
- Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 1.0 miles
- Cliftonville Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 1.1 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 Barbies Footsteps's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Barbies Footsteps Outstanding at its inspection on 15 June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Barbies Footsteps take?
Barbies Footsteps is registered with Ofsted for up to 80 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Barbies Footsteps?
Broadstairs is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Barbies Footsteps?
You can call 01843 602189 and visit www.barbiesfootsteps.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY469690 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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