Full-day nursery in Beaumont Leys, Leicester
First Steps Barley Croft
Linney Road, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE4 0UU · 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
Linney Road, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE4 0UU · More nurseries in LE4
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Linney Road, Baxters Close and Lomond Crescent.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 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 Leicester there are about 4.4 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 Barley Croft is a full-day nursery at Linney Road, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE4 0UU, in Beaumont Leys, Leicester. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.7 from 3 reviews (November 2026).
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| First Steps Barley CroftThis nursery | Good | 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
- Barley Croft Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected September 2026 0.5 miles
- Buswells Lodge Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected May 2022 0.5 miles
- Woodstock Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected September 2023 0.8 miles
- Wolsey House Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.8 miles
- Stokes Wood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.8 miles
- Mowmacre Hill Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 1.0 miles
- Parks Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected October 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 First Steps Barley Croft's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated First Steps Barley Croft Good at its inspection on 19 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can First Steps Barley Croft take?
First Steps Barley Croft is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to First Steps Barley Croft?
Leicester North (Great Central Railway) is the nearest station we know of, 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact First Steps Barley Croft?
You can call 07858 761040 and visit www.firststepsleicester.co.uk.
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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 EY539583 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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