Full-day nursery in Pound Bank, Worcestershire
Smart Steps Nursery
10 Pound Bank Road, Malvern, WR14 2DD · 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
10 Pound Bank Road, Malvern, WR14 2DD · More nurseries in WR14
Stations
- Great Malvern15 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Bellar's Lane, Ford Close and Crown Lea Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Duke's Meadow playground2 min walk
- Avon Close Children's Play Area playground7 min walk
- Playground11 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 Worcestershire there are about 3.3 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.
What parents say
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Smart Steps Nursery is a full-day nursery at 10 Pound Bank Road, Malvern, WR14 2DD, in Pound Bank, Worcestershire. It is registered for 36 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2022, 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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| Smart Steps NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Great Malvern Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected September 2024 0.2 miles
- Malvern Parish CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.6 miles
- Beacon View Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Inadequateinspected March 2022 0.9 miles
- Madresfield CofE Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 1.3 miles
- St Matthias Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 1.4 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Malvern Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2024 1.5 miles
- Somers Park Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2022 1.6 miles
- Malvern Wyche CofE Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 1.6 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 Smart Steps Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Smart Steps Nursery Good at its inspection on 1 November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Smart Steps Nursery take?
Smart Steps Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 36 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Smart Steps Nursery?
Great Malvern is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Smart Steps Nursery?
You can call 01684 893213 and visit www.smartstepsnursery.com.
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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 2567278 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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