Full-day nursery in Newtown, Derbyshire
First Steps Nursery (New Mills) Ltd
1 Hibbert Street, New Mills, HIGH PEAK, SK22 3JJ · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
1 Hibbert Street, New Mills, HIGH PEAK, SK22 3JJ · More nurseries in SK22
Stations
- New Mills Newtown3 min walk · 0.1 miles
- New Mills Central8 min walk · 0.3 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Newtown Railway Station, Victoria Street and Newtown Station Forecourt.
Parks and playgrounds
- Mousley Bottom6 min walk
- Torrs Riverside Park6 min walk
- High Lea Park8 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground5 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 Derbyshire there are about 3.4 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 Nursery (New Mills) Ltd is a full-day nursery at 1 Hibbert Street, New Mills, HIGH PEAK, SK22 3JJ, in Newtown, Derbyshire. It is registered for 68 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 5 reviews (November 2026). It is run by First Steps Nursery (New Mills) Limited.
Run by First Steps Nursery (New Mills) Limited (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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| First Steps Nursery (New Mills) LtdThis nursery | Outstanding | 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
- Newtown Primary School (High Peak Federation) Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.1 miles
- New Mills Nursery School Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.4 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 0.4 miles
- New Mills Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.6 miles
- St George's CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.7 miles
- Hague Bar Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 1.1 miles
- Furness Vale Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.1 miles
- Disley Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 1.2 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 (New Mills) Ltd's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated First Steps Nursery (New Mills) Ltd Outstanding at its inspection on 14 February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can First Steps Nursery (New Mills) Ltd take?
First Steps Nursery (New Mills) Ltd is registered with Ofsted for up to 68 children at any one time.
Who runs First Steps Nursery (New Mills) Ltd?
First Steps Nursery (New Mills) Ltd is run by First Steps Nursery (New Mills) Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to First Steps Nursery (New Mills) Ltd?
New Mills Newtown is the nearest station we know of, 0.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact First Steps Nursery (New Mills) Ltd?
You can call 01663 745000 and visit nurseriesinderbyshire.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY346962 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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