Full-day nursery in Hough Green, Halton
Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School
Clincton View, Widnes, WA8 8JN · 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 November 2002Reference EY244150Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record2 inspectionslatest 11 October 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places105 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 11 November 2025Food 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
Clincton View, Widnes, WA8 8JN · More nurseries in WA8
Stations
- Hough Green13 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Ash Lane and Oakfield Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hough Green Park7 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Trampoline playground3 min walk
- Playground9 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 Halton 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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Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School is a full-day nursery at Clincton View, Widnes, WA8 8JN, in Hough Green, Halton. It is registered for 105 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (October 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
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Oakfield Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.3 miles
- St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2023 0.3 miles
- St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.7 miles
- St Basil's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.8 miles
- All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 1.0 miles
- Halebank CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 1.1 miles
- Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Ditton Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 1.2 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 Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School Good at its inspection on 11 October 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School take?
Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 105 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School?
Hough Green is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School?
You can call 0151 424 5500.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY244150 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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