Full-day nursery in Stoke Hill, Devon
First Steps Community Playgroup
C/O Stoke Hill First School, Stoke Hill, Exeter, EX4 7DB · 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
C/O Stoke Hill First School, Stoke Hill, Exeter, EX4 7DB · More nurseries in EX4
Stations
- St James Park (Devon)13 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Polsloe Bridge16 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
22 bus stops within 400 m, including School, Stoke Hill top and Rosebank Crescent.
Parks and playgrounds
- Marypole Road3 min walk
- Mincinglake Valley Park5 min walk
- Mincinglake Valley Park7 min walk
- Priory Road Park7 min walk
- Stoke Hill Playground2 min walk
- Playground8 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 Devon there are about 3.7 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 Community Playgroup is a full-day nursery at C/O Stoke Hill First School, Stoke Hill, Exeter, EX4 7DB, in Stoke Hill, Devon. It is registered for 33 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 5.0 from 4 reviews (November 2026).
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| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Steps Community PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Stoke Hill Pre-School and Day NurseryFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.1 miles |
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| Newtown Community PreschoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.8 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Stoke Hill Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Stoke Hill Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.1 miles
- Ladysmith Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected May 2024 0.6 miles
- Ladysmith Infant & Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected February 2023 0.7 miles
- St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.7 miles
- Newtown Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected September 2021 0.8 miles
- Willowbrook School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2022 0.9 miles
- Vranch House School ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.9 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 Community Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated First Steps Community Playgroup Good at its inspection on 25 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can First Steps Community Playgroup take?
First Steps Community Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 33 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to First Steps Community Playgroup?
St James Park (Devon) is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact First Steps Community Playgroup?
You can call 01392 251885 and visit www.firststepsplaygroup.org.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 105976 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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