Stepping Stones Playgroup (Dursley)
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Dursley for from 2 years 6 months up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 14:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 1993, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funded sessions (up to 25 hours per week) to children aged from 2 years 6 months (depending on eligibility); funded sessions to all children who receive 3&4 year old universal funding (up to 15 hours per week).
What childcare usually costs in Gloucestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Gloucestershire 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
GL11 4NZWhat 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, 13 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and excited to arrive at this pre-school and staff warmly welcome them and their families, helping children settle into their routines. These warm and nurturing interactions from staff help children to feel safe and secure and support their emotional well-being. When children need a little longer to settle, staff sit with them to read stories and talk about books.
The curriculum caters to children's developing needs and interests. Leaders and staff place a particularly strong focus on supporting children's speech and language, emotional needs and personal skills. For example, staff skilfully engage children using their interests to support their imaginary play. Staff know children extremely well and demonstrate a strong understanding of their likes and dislikes.
They purposefully prepare resources and activities that they know children will enjoy. This helps children to engage in learning opportunities for extended periods of time. Children's behaviour is good. They follow the pre-school routines, understand expectations and help each other when needed. For example, at tidy up time, staff play special music and children busy themselves putting toys away and playful staff support those that need help to join in.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure that staff act as good role models and help children to learn about being healthy n improve the committee members' understanding of their role to support the manager and staff to enable them to focus more on the delivery of the curriculum.
- 13 March 2024Good
- 18 May 2018Good
- 28 September 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Stepping Stones Playgroup (Dursley)
- What it costs
- Nappies
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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.