Ke Steps Pre-School Ltd
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Nottingham for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 2015, with 18 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours and 30 hours Government funded 2, 3 & 4-year-old spaces and paid for sessions available.
What childcare usually costs in Nottingham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Nottingham 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
NG3 2GLWhat 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, 15 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are greeted warmly by staff when they arrive. Those who have been absent due to illness are greeted with 'I missed you' by the manager. This contributes to children feeling valued in the pre-school. If children are unsettled, staff provide them with comfort. They sing nursery rhymes and read stories to children. This works effectively to distract children and results in them settling quickly.
Children have opportunities to develop their balance and coordination. They are offered a helping hand from staff to promote their safety as they are encouraged to walk across wooden beams. Staff ask children to consider if the equipment they use is safe to walk across, helping them to identify and manage risks in their play.
Children are supported by staff to wait their turn to walk across the wooden planks, promoting positive behaviour. Children are keen to investigate and explore the toys and resources staff offer them. They find torches and show fascination as they shine them around the room. Staff give children gentle reminders not to shine the light in people's faces because it might hurt their eyes, helping them to be considerate to others. Staff put their arms against walls, asking children to shine a torch onto it, showing them how to make shadows.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to strengthen their interactions with children to support them to understand their own and others feelings and emotions n support staff to share with parents how they intend to build on their children's individual learning and how parents can contribute to this at home.
- 15 January 2024Good
- 23 January 2018Good
- 17 March 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ke Steps Pre-School Ltd
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- 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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