Full-day nursery in South Merstham, Surrey
First Steps
18 Albury Road, Merstham, Redhill, RH1 3LS · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since January 2000Reference 122618Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 26 July 2021Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places60 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 2 July 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
18 Albury Road, Merstham, Redhill, RH1 3LS · More nurseries in RH1
Stations
- Merstham9 min walk · 0.3 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Albury Road, Manor Road and Nutfield Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Battlebridge11 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Battlebridge 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 Surrey there are about 2.6 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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First Steps is a full-day nursery at 18 Albury Road, Merstham, Redhill, RH1 3LS, in South Merstham, Surrey. It is registered for 60 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 18 reviews (October 2026).
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| First StepsThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| The Hawthorns NurseryFull-day nursery | Report card 2026 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.6 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Merstham Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.2 miles
- Lime Tree Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected May 2022 0.4 miles
- Furzefield Primary Academy Primaryages 0–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.5 miles
- Royal Alexandra and Albert School All-throughages 7–18Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 1.0 miles
- Aurora Chaldon School ages 5–19 1.2 miles
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.4 miles
- The Hawthorns School ages 0–13has a nursery class 1.6 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2022 1.7 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is First Steps's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated First Steps Good at its inspection on 26 July 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can First Steps take?
First Steps is registered with Ofsted for up to 60 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to First Steps?
Merstham is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact First Steps?
You can call 01737 215136 and visit firststepsnursery.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 122618 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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