Full-day nursery in Cape Hill, Sandwell
First Steps Nursery Collegiate Academy Trust
Shireland Collegiate Academy, Waterloo Road, SMETHWICK, B66 4ND · 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 March 2004Reference EY280454Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 26 January 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places40 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 13 May 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
Shireland Collegiate Academy, Waterloo Road, SMETHWICK, B66 4ND · More nurseries in B66
Stations
- Smethwick Rolfe Street24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
18 bus stops within 400 m, including Hadley Stadium, Willow Avenue and Edgbaston Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Victoria Park8 min walk
- Montague Road Open Space8 min walk
- Rooftop Playground1 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground9 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 Sandwell 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.
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First Steps Nursery Collegiate Academy Trust is a full-day nursery at Shireland Collegiate Academy, Waterloo Road, SMETHWICK, B66 4ND, in Cape Hill, Sandwell. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust.
Run by Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust (school), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Steps Nursery Collegiate Academy TrustThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Baby Steps DaycareFull-day nursery | Requires improvement | not shared yet | 07:30–18:00 | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
| Little Steppers Pre-SchoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Shireland Technology Primary Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Shireland Hall Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- Cape Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.4 miles
- Bearwood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.5 miles
- George Dixon Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.5 miles
- Victoria Park Primary Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 0.5 miles
- Elm Tree Primary Academy ages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.5 miles
- Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.6 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 Nursery Collegiate Academy Trust's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated First Steps Nursery Collegiate Academy Trust Good at its inspection on 26 January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can First Steps Nursery Collegiate Academy Trust take?
First Steps Nursery Collegiate Academy Trust is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
Who runs First Steps Nursery Collegiate Academy Trust?
First Steps Nursery Collegiate Academy Trust is run by Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to First Steps Nursery Collegiate Academy Trust?
Smethwick Rolfe Street is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY280454 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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