Full-day nursery in Salisbury, Wiltshire
First Steps Nursery
First Steps Nursery, 41 Brown Street, SALISBURY, SP1 2AS · 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 April 2010Reference EY407080Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 3 June 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places76 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 27 November 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
First Steps Nursery, 41 Brown Street, SALISBURY, SP1 2AS · More nurseries in SP1
Stations
- Salisbury16 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
29 bus stops within 400 m, including Pennyfarthing Street, Brown Street and Cathedral Hotel.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Greencroft5 min walk
- The Close5 min walk
- Bourne Hill Gardens7 min walk
- Queen Elizabeth Gardens8 min walk
- Churchill Gardens8 min walk
- Playground6 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 Wiltshire 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.
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First Steps Nursery is a full-day nursery at First Steps Nursery, 41 Brown Street, SALISBURY, SP1 2AS, in Salisbury, Wiltshire. It is registered for 76 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 4.8 from 19 reviews (October 2026). It is run by BBN Limited.
Run by BBN Limited (company), which runs 4 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Chafyn-Godolphin ages 0–19has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- Salisbury Cathedral School ages 2–13has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- St Martin's CofE Primary School Primaryages 2–11Ofsted: Inadequateinspected January 2023 0.4 miles
- St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.4 miles
- Leehurst Swan School ages 4–16 0.6 miles
- Harnham Infants' School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.9 miles
- Harnham Church of England Controlled Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.9 miles
- Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.9 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 Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated First Steps Nursery Good at its inspection on 3 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can First Steps Nursery take?
First Steps Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 76 children at any one time.
Who runs First Steps Nursery?
First Steps Nursery is run by BBN Limited, which runs 4 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to First Steps Nursery?
Salisbury is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact First Steps Nursery?
You can call 01722 410456 and visit www.salisburyfirststeps.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 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.
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Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY407080 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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