Giant Steps Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Salisbury for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2010, with 38 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We offer government funded childcare places to eligible families in line with current funding schemes. Eligible working parents can receive funded childcare up to 30 hours per week from the term after their child turns 9 months.
Worth knowing. Funding can be used other term time (38 weeks) or spread all year round (up to 51 weeks). There are no restrictions as to when these hours can be used.
What childcare usually costs in Wiltshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Wiltshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
SP5 3HNWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 16 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy attending this calm and welcoming nursery. They are happy and content, and show how secure they feel as they interact confidently with the caring staff. Children build strong relationships with each other and are good at sharing and taking turns. For example, they wait patiently for their go at choosing an item from the song bag. Children are interested in the activities and resources and are motivated to learn. They make independent choices about their play and focus well on activities. For example, babies enjoy repeatedly looking at their reflection in a mirror wall and exploring the texture of shells. Older children work out how to roll balls down a guttering structure and ably rebuild it when it comes apart.
Staff have high expectations for all children and effectively support their development in all areas of learning. They use what they know about each child to plan and provide a varied range of interesting resources and activities. This helps all children to make good progress from their initial starting points. Staff provide an attractive and interesting environment, which supports children's learning. For example, children have easy access to varied resources which are stored at low level and have good opportunities to explore natural materials. Each room has its own carefully planned outdoor space, which gives children additional learning opportunities as well as the chance to develop their physical skills. Children have been taking part in a gardening award scheme, which helps them learn about growth and nature. Staff are hoping to involve the local community in this scheme.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop further the monitoring and coaching of staff to ensure even more effective teaching and greater consistency in meeting the learning needs of individual children.
- 16 January 2023Good
- 4 May 2017Good
- 3 February 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Giant Steps Nursery
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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