Full-day nursery in Earlestown, St Helens
Little Foxes (Newton)
Deacon Trading Estate, Newton-Le-Willows, WA12 9XD · 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
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Deacon Trading Estate, Newton-Le-Willows, WA12 9XD · More nurseries in WA12
Stations
- Earlestown12 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Bank Street, Heald Street and Viaduct Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Sankey Valley Park4 min walk
- Lyme and Wood Pits Country Park12 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground4 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 St Helens 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.
What parents say
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Little Foxes (Newton) is a full-day nursery at Deacon Trading Estate, Newton-Le-Willows, WA12 9XD, in Earlestown, St Helens. It is registered for 54 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 102 reviews (November 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- The District CofE Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2021 0.4 miles
- Lyme Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.5 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Junior Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected November 2022 0.6 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2022 0.8 miles
- Wargrave CofE Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.8 miles
- Newton-le-Willows Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.0 miles
- Wargrave House School ages 4–16Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.0 miles
- Burtonwood Community Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 1.1 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 Little Foxes (Newton)'s Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Foxes (Newton) Good at its inspection on 25 November 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Foxes (Newton) take?
Little Foxes (Newton) is registered with Ofsted for up to 54 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Foxes (Newton)?
Earlestown is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Foxes (Newton)?
You can call 01925 875922 and visit newton.littlefoxeschildcare.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY536717 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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