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About our nursery in Leyton
Small steps Leyton is part of the Footsteps family an established childcare group from Waltham Forest. Footsteps Nurseries currently operate 3 sites in Chingford, Walthamstow and Leytonstone and will be opening Small Steps in Leyton early in 2025
Our new site is housed in cozy mid-terrace house on a peaceful residential street conveniently located just 7-minute walk from Leyton Midland overground Station and only 5-minute walk to Bakers Arms.
The story behind Small Steps Leyton

We prioritise children!
In the summer of 2024, we were thrilled with the opportunity to expand our nursery family by taking on a new site. While our initial plan was to open promptly, to provide exceptional care and maintain the highest standards we had to undertake extensive renovations. Investing this time and finance into the building will ensure that the environment will meet the same standards of service and care that our families have come to expect from all of our nurseries. We prioritise children and create spaces where our staff enjoy working. This is why the first step of our journey is redesigning the space.
Our new nursery is set to open early 2025, and we’re now accepting registrations! Spaces are filling up fast, as many families are eager to secure a spot. While we are not able to offer tours of the new site just yet, we encourage you to explore our other nurseries to get a sense of our high standards and welcoming environments.

Opening in Early 2025
Our new nursery is set to open in January, and we’re now accepting registrations! Spaces are filling up fast, as many families are eager to secure a spot, knowing the quality of care we provide across our nurseries. While we are not able to offer tours of the new site just yet, we encourage you to explore our other nurseries to get a sense of our high standards and welcoming environments.

Our Vision and Mission
At the heart of our nursery, we are dedicated to nurturing children, families, and staff, ensuring that all feel supported in a thoughtful, considerate, and professional manner. Our vision is to build a sustainable nursery business that serves as a trusted pillar within the community, providing family-centred care. We aim to be the first choice for both families and staff, creating welcoming environments where everyone thrives together in their local area.
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About the location
Located at 70 Canterbury Road, London E10 6EE, our nursery is perfectly situated in a peaceful, family-friendly neighborhood that offers both a calm environment and convenient access to local amenities. We are proud to be in close proximity to several highly regarded schools, including Barclay Primary School, Gwyn Jones Primary School, and Belmont Park School, which makes our location ideal for families with children of varying ages. Additionally, the nursery is just a five-minute drive from Whipps Cross University Hospital, making it a convenient option for parents working or commuting nearby. This prime location enables us to serve the local community with ease, while continuing to provide the nurturing, safe, and engaging atmosphere that parents expect from us. Our setting is thoughtfully designed to support children’s development and well-being, ensuring that each child receives the best care and education in a welcoming, homely environment.
TESTIMONIALS
What are the parents saying
Such a fantastic nursery! The staff are really warm and professional. Communication with parents is great. Our kids settled really quickly and were made to feel so welcome. Would thoroughly recommend to other parents.
Best we could have hoped for. A wonderful team, brilliant facilities (we love the garden!) and total peace of mind.
I have two kids who attend Footsteps Day Nursery, every week I'm amazed at all things to do with the nursery. From the food, care, education, feedback to parents with the app and most impressively the diversity of activities for the kids. Physically the space is good, with three rooms and a big outdoor area for the kids to run around. Each week they learn something new based on the season, events or themes. Some of the recent activities include; Hot Air Balloon making Car wash Fruit Salad making Fruit tasting / texture descriptions Colour mixing with foam Doctors Surgery Hair Dressers Eid celebration Train boxes Sweeping into shapes Independence day I could go on! Staff are all great, have a good relationship with the kids and really do care for them. We've also met lots of other parents and the kids have made loads of friends too. Keep up the good work team!
I feel incredibly privileged that both my children attend this nursery because they go above and beyond every single day. The staff are friendly and polite and most importantly you can tell that they really genuinely care for the children that attend Footsteps. The staff build excellent relationships with children and their families and I know that my children are going to be safe and happy when they go to Footsteps. I'm always impressed by the amount of activities my children have done. In addition to weekly music and football lessons, the children learn about different cultures and their celebrations. They do arts and crafts and cooking on a regular basis. My children eat a nutritious diet there which is especially impressive as my oldest can be quite fussy at home. Communication is excellent: if one of my children has had a little bump, I know I will be told and get to know what they eat and how much, how long they sleep and there are regular observations with photographs of the excellent activities they get to do. I have been meaning to write this review for a while now and then saw that someone has left a one star review because of a phone call! I knew I had to let prospective parents know that my experience is of a very well-run chain of nurseries (my daughter has been at two) where my kids are happy, safe and I (as a teacher) am so impressed with the academic progress my children are making there too in terms of their experience of the world and the development of their language and their confidence. Thank you Footsteps!
Our son attended Footsteps from age one until starting primary school and it was such a brilliant experience for him. The management and staff are wonderful, and take a real interest in the children they care for. They also go to great lengths to ensure the activities they do are fun, that the kids are happy, and in the pre-school room they gave lots of excellent help in preparing the children for primary school. We felt very lucky to find such first-rate care for our child. Highly recommended.
Our son attended Footsteps from age one until starting primary school and it was such a brilliant experience for him. The management and staff are wonderful, and take a real interest in the children they care for. They also go to great lengths to ensure the activities they do are fun, that the kids are happy, and in the pre-school room they gave lots of excellent help in preparing the children for primary school. We felt very lucky to find such first-rate care for our child. Highly recommended.
My son has been going to Footsteps since October and absolutely loves it. The staff are brilliant and have a great relationship with the kids. They do a large number of activities and keep the little ones very entertained. I would recommend to anyone who is thinking if sending their children here.
Absolutely lovely nursery my daughter is very comfortable there with the staff that are really friendly. Have all the right toys to help your child child grow and learn.
My son has been going to Footsteps since October and absolutely loves it. The staff are brilliant and have a great relationship with the kids. They do a large number of activities and keep the little ones very entertained. I would recommend to anyone who is thinking if sending their children here.
My daughter has just recently started to go here and she is so happy. I felt very nervous going back to work and leaving her there but every staff member has been very helpful thank u all so much.
The staff are wonderful very attentive to the children, good facilities and the children are very happy - highly recommend
Wonderful nursery. Staff are amazing. My kids love going to nursery to play. They always have a welcoming, happy and calm environment.....
Absolutely lovely nursery my daughter is very comfortable there with the staff that are really friendly. Have all the right toys to help your child child grow and learn.
Lovely warming place my little boys enjoying it already!!
Had a look around yesterday - brand new, big bright space, perfect for special little ones.
My eldest has been in the nursery now for almost 2 years and the youngest almost a year. They are always so excited to go in the mornings. I find the staff and parents friendly and the tracking of progress via the parentzone online application is really useful to see what they have been doing and the progress made over the time. They have recently refurbished the inside which has breathed a new lease of fresh air into the building. I would recommend it as a caring home for home nursery setting.
Fantastic nursery, my son settled in so quickly and smiles as we walk in the door every day!
Footsteps Leytonstone is a truly special place. Our two children (4 and 2) attended this setting from around 13 months and have only left because we have moved away from the area. We all loved Footsteps and our children would, quite literally, skip in through the door each morning. The staff have created an incredibly nurturing, warm and safe environment for the children in their care, and we could not be more grateful. The ethos of the nursery is caring, respectful, joyful and fun. We have been so impressed with the mental, emotional and physical development of our kids under their care and are so sad to leave. They made wonderful friendships and formed very strong bonds with staff and their peers. When looking for a nursery, we wanted somewhere where our children were safe, happy and loved. We found it here in abundance. Thank you all! X
Absolutely amazing nursery, only left due to move back to Ireland. We have our son now is a nursery reputed to be one of the best in this city, but our footsteps experience was still much better. We all (son, mum and dad) miss them very much!
Footsteps Leytonstone was our daughters second home for 4 years. Every member of staff provided caring considerate and importantly fun support to her during these essential years. I couldn’t recommend this nursery enough to everyone. We miss everyone there already and are so grateful for the nursery’s support for both our daughter and us! Thank you!
Our daughter has just finished 3 years here and enjoyed every minute! The staff are all fantastic - caring, friendly and very efficient. The setting is lovely with great facilities and outdoor space. Communication with parents is excellent, always succint and relevant. Cannot recommend highly enough.
It’s an excellent nursery. Management and staff are very supportive and kind. My daughter had a great time learning new things everyday and making some wonderful friends. We received our daughter’s progress daily via the app. We would highly recommend it.
Sending our son to Footsteps Day Nursery has been one of the best decisions we have made for him. The staff are unbelievably kind and caring as well as accommodating. They truly enjoyed supporting him during this part of his journey. The community at Footsteps is also very strong, ensuring he made great friends and has had the best start to pre-school as possible.
Excellent nursery. Both our children have been going since they were 1yrs old and our daughter has just 'graduated' and is now going to school. The staff are exceptional, standards are the highest when it comes to safe guarding, quality of education and support and feedback is frequent and detailed. We love the fact that the price is pretty much all inclusive, so no extra nappy costs, suncream, packed lunch or food costs. This compares very well to some of our friend's nurseries where the parents have to supply everything. Highly recommend.
We’ve had 2 children at Footsteps over four years and really couldn’t have wished for better care for them during their early years. The staff are engaging and caring and the management has always been very communicative and responsive. Our kids loved it there and our experience has been so positive.
My daughter has attended Footsteps for just under two years, fantastic team, great daily activities and good communication with parents. I receive daily observations through their app, I would recommend this nursery.
Footsteps is a lovely nursery- we can say nothing but good things about them. The staff are incredibly caring and have a great rapport with the kids. The daily activities provided by the team are imaginative and really creative.
My eldest has been in the nursery now for almost 2 years and the youngest almost a year. They are always so excited to go in the mornings. I find the staff and parents friendly and the tracking of progress via the parentzone online application is really useful to see what they have been doing and the progress made over the time. They have recently refurbished the inside which has breathed a new lease of fresh air into the building. I would recommend it as a caring home for home nursery setting.
My eldest has been in the nursery now for almost 2 years and the youngest almost a year. They are always so excited to go in the mornings. I find the staff and parents friendly and the tracking of progress via the parentzone online application is really useful to see what they have been doing and the progress made over the time. They have recently refurbished the inside which has breathed a new lease of fresh air into the building. I would recommend it as a caring home for home nursery setting.
We really cannot stress how brilliant Footsteps have been during the pandemic. And indeed prior to this. Professional, caring and facilitating. They are an excellent nursery and we would highly recommend them.
Wonderful nursery with caring, brilliant staff. Both my children were very happy here.