Full-day nursery in Leomansley, Staffordshire
Footsteps Nursery Hawthorn
The Hawthorns, Walsall Road, LICHFIELD, WS13 8JL · 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 December 2012Reference EY454662Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record2 inspectionslatest 4 June 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places91 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 12 August 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Inspection history (2)
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Hawthorns, Walsall Road, LICHFIELD, WS13 8JL · More nurseries in WS13
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Royal Oak Close and Sorrel Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Fosseway Heath Nature Reserve and Wetlands11 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 Staffordshire there are about 3.1 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 Hawthorn is a full-day nursery at The Hawthorns, Walsall Road, LICHFIELD, WS13 8JL, in Leomansley, Staffordshire. It is registered for 91 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Footsteps Day Nurseries Limited.
Run by Footsteps Day Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 12 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footsteps Nursery HawthornThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Humpties@StMichael'sFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.6 miles |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Christ Church CofE (C) Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.6 miles
- Anna Seward Primary Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.9 miles
- Lichfield Cathedral School ages 2–19has a nursery class 1.2 miles
- Greywood Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery class 1.3 miles
- Chadsmead Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.4 miles
- Saxon Hill Academy ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 1.4 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 1.5 miles
- St Michael's CofE (C) Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.5 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 Footsteps Nursery Hawthorn's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Footsteps Nursery Hawthorn Good at its inspection on 4 June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Footsteps Nursery Hawthorn take?
Footsteps Nursery Hawthorn is registered with Ofsted for up to 91 children at any one time.
Who runs Footsteps Nursery Hawthorn?
Footsteps Nursery Hawthorn is run by Footsteps Day Nurseries Limited, which runs 12 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Footsteps Nursery Hawthorn?
Lichfield City is the nearest station we know of, 1.2 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 EY454662 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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