Full-day nursery in Oswestry, Shropshire
Footsteps Nursery
Shrewsbury Road, Oswestry, SY11 4QB · 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Shrewsbury Road, Oswestry, SY11 4QB · More nurseries in SY11
Parks and playgrounds
- Plas Ffynnon Millennium Green10 min walk
- Eaton Field & Pond11 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
© 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 Shropshire there are about 3 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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Footsteps Nursery is a full-day nursery at Shrewsbury Road, Oswestry, SY11 4QB, in Oswestry, Shropshire. It is registered for 62 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footsteps NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Oswestry Methodist Church Pre-SchoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.9 miles |
| Little Acorns @ Our Lady & St OswaldsSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.0 miles |
| Morda Pre SchoolSessional pre-school | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.2 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery Primaryages 1–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.4 miles
- The Meadows Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.7 miles
- Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primaryages 3–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2022 0.9 miles
- Woodside Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 1.0 miles
- Oswestry School ages 4–19 1.1 miles
- Morda CofE Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 1.2 miles
- The Marches School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 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 Footsteps Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Footsteps Nursery Good at its inspection on 8 November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Footsteps Nursery take?
Footsteps Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 62 children at any one time.
How do I contact Footsteps Nursery?
You can call 01691 688007.
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY257595 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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