Stepping Stones Pre School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Wymondham for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:15 to 12:15, 5 days a week. £19.50 a session for 2-4 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2022. Open since 2008, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
We cater for children from 2-4 years. Our sessions are charged per session currently @ £19.50.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
We accept government funding for 2 year olds and 3-4 year olds.
What childcare usually costs in Norfolk
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Norfolk 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
NR18 0QEWhat 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, 22 September 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children mostly come into the pre-school readily and are welcomed by friendly and caring staff. Those children who are upset are sensitively supported by familiar and consistent staff. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure. They readily go off and choose what they want to do. Staff provide an interesting and varied range of activities in order to inspire children's natural curiosity to discover and explore. Children behave well. For example, when they want a resource that another child is using, they know to ask politely if they may have a turn with it.
Children show kindness to each other when they are upset.
Children are becoming confident communicators. Overall, staff promote children's speech and language skills effectively, including those who speak English as an additional language. They engage children in conversation, challenge their thinking and give them time to consider questions before answering. Children have a positive attitude to learning and develop the key skills needed to be ready for school. Children enjoy staff's interactions with them and actively seek them out to share their play and learning experiences. Staff help children to learn about the importance of good health and hygiene. Children are developing independence in managing their own self-care needs. They have daily opportunities to play outdoors.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to develop consistency when modelling language, to help young children to hear and use the correct pronunciation of words n focus more closely on supporting the early literacy and mathematical skills of children who prefer to learn in the outdoor environment.
- 22 September 2022Good
- 21 October 2016Good
- 12 November 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Stepping Stones 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 £19.50 a session 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.