Stepping Stones Day Nursery (Totton) Ltd
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Southampton for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 October 2024. Open since 2024, with 30 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 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
SO40 9GFWhat 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, 7 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and confident at the nursery. They are warmly greeted by staff as they arrive, and they settle quickly into the nursery's familiar routines. Children have good relationships with staff and make strong attachments with their key person. Staff know the children in their care very well. They are attentive to their needs and support them well in their choices. Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour. They use effective strategies to promote positive behaviour.
For example, they regularly praise and encourage children in all aspects of their play. This helps to promote children's self-esteem and confidence. Children are supported to be independent through exploration and doing things for themselves.
Staff have a good awareness of how children learn. They provide a curriculum that supports the children's curiosity effortlessly. Children are confident to explore and investigate, and, as they do so, staff interweave learning to help them develop a range of skills. For instance, as younger children examine a variety of differenttextured materials and objects, staff talk about the feel of these to introduce new words and meaning. All children have opportunities to develop their small physical skills, which supports their muscle development and coordination. Children of all ages delight in exploration as they use scented, flavoured water with the tea set and a variety of tools and objects in the shaving foam and paints.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to strengthen their understanding of how to aid children's early language development and broaden their vocabulary n develop further the systems for coaching and mentoring staff to raise the quality of education.
- 7 October 2024Good
Still missing for Stepping Stones Day Nursery (Totton) 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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