Stepping Stones Day Nursery Ltd
Good★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Nottingham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2022. Open since 2000, with 217 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
NG1 4JAWhat 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, 9 February 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children and their parents are warmly greeted by managers and staff as they arrive at the nursery. They engage in lively conversation with each other and demonstrate a shared excitement for the day ahead. Children say goodbye to their parents and confidently enter their group room. Staff make sure that resources and activities reflect children's interests and are accessible and within children's reach.
Children choose what they would like to play with and quickly become engaged in their learning.
Children show strong relationships with the kind and caring staff and are friendly and welcoming to visitors. Children are encouraged to do things for themselves from a young age. Babies learn how to move independently. They confidently crawl towards resources that interest them and pull themselves up to stand. Toddlers use buckets and help themselves to water from the tap to fill the water tray. Children behave well. They remember to say please and thank you and learn to share and take turns. Pre-school children play cooperatively with their friends. At tidy-up time they work together to complete tasks. For example, one child holds the toy box while another child sweeps the blocks from the table into it. Children show their sense of accomplishment as staff quickly offer praise for their team work.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to build on their practice to help them to further support children's listening skills
- review the organisation of resources and activities to further promote children's consistent focus on learning.
- 9 February 2022Good
- 26 October 2017Good
- 10 July 2017Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Stepping Stones Day Nursery Ltd
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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.
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