Steady-Steps Pre-School
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Gosport for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £6.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in January 2022. Open since 2008, with 52 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £6.50Preschool hourly or Additional hours (Preschool) £7.50Additional hours (Nursery) or Nursery hourly £8.50Dolphin Class hourly or Additional hours (Dolphin Class) |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £0.50 a day Snackvoluntary
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Nursery Grant Funding for 3 and 4 year olds, 15/30 hours per week; 2-year-olds may be entitled to 15 hours funding.
Worth knowing. This must be taken over at least three days. Additional hours will be charged at £6.50, £7.50 or £8.50 per hour depending which room your child is in.
What childcare usually costs in Hampshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hampshire 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
PO13 0DHWhat 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.
- 12 December 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 17 July 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 18 March 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 14 January 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children benefit from being in the care of an exceptional staff team at SteadySteps Pre-School. All children have the very best support for their learning from inspirational staff, who have extremely high aspirations for children.
Children enter excitedly and are warmly greeted by staff, who know them very well. They run in to find their key person, demonstrating they feel exceptionally safe and secure in the staff's warm and nurturing care. Children thrive at the preschool.
Children's behaviour is exemplary. They are highly motivated and engaged during their time at the pre-school. Children clearly know what is expected of them and are very independent from a young age. They know to find helmets to wear when they use the balance bikes, for example. Children have excellent manners. They are highly effective communicators and play cooperatively in the stimulating learning environments that staff provide.
- 14 January 2022Outstanding
- 3 February 2015Outstanding
- 22 September 2008Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Steady-Steps Pre-School
- 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.
- Is £6.50 an hour still the rate? 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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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