Full-day nursery in Higham Ferrers, North Northamptonshire
Little Steps (Higham Ferrers) Ltd
5-7 College Street, Higham Ferrers, RUSHDEN, NN10 8DX · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
5-7 College Street, Higham Ferrers, RUSHDEN, NN10 8DX · More nurseries in NN10
Buses
30 bus stops within 400 m, including The Green Dragon Hotel, Garage and (H'ham Ferrers) Cemetery Lane.
Parks and playgrounds
- Higham Ferrers Riverside Park11 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground9 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 North Northamptonshire there are about 3.5 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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Little Steps (Higham Ferrers) Ltd is a full-day nursery at 5-7 College Street, Higham Ferrers, RUSHDEN, NN10 8DX, in Higham Ferrers, North Northamptonshire. It is registered for 99 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (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
- Higham Ferrers Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected January 2023 0.1 miles
- Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2020 0.2 miles
- Henry Chichele Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.4 miles
- Denfield Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.9 miles
- Alfred Lord Tennyson School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.2 miles
- Newton Road School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected January 2025 1.3 miles
- Irthlingborough Nursery and Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 1.6 miles
- Irthlingborough Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 1.6 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 Steps (Higham Ferrers) Ltd's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Steps (Higham Ferrers) Ltd Outstanding at its inspection on 22 May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Steps (Higham Ferrers) Ltd take?
Little Steps (Higham Ferrers) Ltd is registered with Ofsted for up to 99 children at any one time.
How do I contact Little Steps (Higham Ferrers) Ltd?
You can call 01933 357400 and visit www.littlesteps-nursery.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 EY378109 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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