Widnes, Cheshire · URN EY244150
According to Ofsted's inspection on 7 July 2026, Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School in Widnes, Cheshire was graded on 6 areas of its report card: curriculum and teaching: Urgent Improvement; achievement: Urgent Improvement; behaviour and routines: Needs Attention; welfare and wellbeing: Urgent Improvement; inclusion: Needs Attention; leadership and governance: Urgent Improvement. Source: Little Bees Nursery Intelligence, from Ofsted's published record.
Widnes, Cheshire · WA8 8JN. Location from the Ofsted register. This setting Nearby
Report card: six areas graded separately.
Each area is judged separately. Expected standard is the bar every provider has to clear, so meeting it is the pass rather than a mediocre result.
Earlier inspections
On the Early Years Register and the Compulsory Childcare Register and the Voluntary Childcare Register.
Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School in Widnes, Cheshire was last inspected on 7 July 2026. That inspection used Ofsted's report card framework, which replaced single-word overall ratings for early years settings in November 2025.
Ofsted graded 6 areas: curriculum and teaching — Urgent Improvement; achievement — Urgent Improvement; behaviour and routines — Needs Attention; welfare and wellbeing — Urgent Improvement; inclusion — Needs Attention; leadership and governance — Urgent Improvement. Each area is judged separately, so a setting can be stronger in one than another.
Yes. Expected standard is the bar every provider has to clear, so meeting it is the pass rather than a mediocre result. Strong standard and exceptional sit above it; needs attention and urgent improvement sit below.
Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School is registered for children aged 1 to 11.
Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School is registered for up to 105 children at any one time. That is a registration limit, not the number currently attending.
Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School has been registered with Ofsted since 27 November 2002. Its unique reference number (URN) is EY244150.
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