Stepping Stones Day Nursery & Preschool

As a first time mum, to an IVF baby, I’m extremely anxious, but the childcare centre app means I’m updated throughout the day with what he eats, when he sleeps, his nappy changes, and the ladies even update me with photos of what he’s up to. There is excellent updates from the childcare centre, meaning I can consistently settle into my own work knowing he’s taken care of. There are monthly reviews of his development and assistance in areas that we sense will benefit our babies development. An extensive introduction meant we could tell the team all about his likes and dislikes, and they contact us regularly for updates on his interests so they can incorporate that into his playtime. The team and manager are extremely compassionate and attentive; you can certainly see the journey the manager has and the thought that goes into everything. After some strategically planned settle sessions, our Covid baby (15-months), that hadn’t been left in the care of others before, started waiting by the door ready to leave for childcare centre by week three!

He is consistently cheerful to go there. All the food is nice, and the team are very supportive and consistently polite. My son loves this childcare centre.

All team have been very compassionate and have helped my kid settle into the childcare centre. The team are very welcoming and very involved in the kids’s activities.
I am very cheerful that they go out in the garden every day, which is very important.
The food is healthy, and it is different from day to day; it is very important to provide healthy food to kids.
I highly suggest this childcare centre. My son is very cheerful to go to this childcare centre.

Our 1-year-old girl entered shy and crying in February 2021 with the pandemic in full swing, but the team was able to introduce her, and she started to quickly adore it.
After one year of attendance, we cannot complain about a thing: great facilities indoors with a cosy garden as well, great fostering setting with sings language, and recently introducing different languages (incredible for us as we are a trilingual family). Constant contact with the family sharing interests and development, as well as 2/3 daily pictures in the app (so we can stop wondering how she is doing there).
Now the transition period to the older kids is very attentive to our girl’s interests and attitude, letting her choose for now where she wants to pass the day (younger or older kids) and planning with us the transition.
Great attention to the setting as well (with the usage of reusable nappies) and pandemic rules. Our journey in the Stepping Stones Day Childcare centre could not be better.

She’s a very clingy kid, and I told the childcare centre about that and when she first started, we came up with a plan to get her straight in to minimise the upset, and the team are so fantastic and attentive and so welcoming. My daughter has been there just short of a month and has settled very well and very quickly; she consistently comes out with a smile on her face and tells me everything she does. They range from drawing and painting to sticking and glueing, reading books, playing with shakers, playing in the garden in the sandpit and playing with puzzles. She has really come out of her shell since being there. I get updates throughout the day of what she’s been doing when her nappy was changed and what she has to eat. I would highly suggest this childcare centre to anyone. My 2-year-old daughter started in the April term and absolutely loves it.

He began non-verbal and very clingy, and I was very nervous about leaving him and how he would settle. Within three months, his vocabulary is incredible, he has solid friendships and has made real bonds with the team! All of this is because of the team and their determination to ensure the kids are settled.

The ethos of the childcare centre is also highly important. It’s very kid-led and teaches the kids to become independent and able.
The kids delight in a variety of activities and delight in the garden each day. They are provided with healthy balanced meals, and as a mother of a kid with several allergies, they cater to this brilliantly!
I can’t thank the team enough for ensuring my kid is cheerful to come in and cheerful when he leaves as well as encouraging him to try new things and to explore! Thank you, ladies! My son has attended this childcare centre for several months.

One of our daughters was initially really struggling with all-new environments, people and was quite behind with her updates skills and engagement. But with lots of special care and attention from the fantastic team at Stepping Stones, she has really turned a corner and is like a new baby. Engagement and updates from team are remarkable, and we receive regular updates and images throughout the day. The childcare centre also runs lots of fantastic discovering initiatives throughout the year, including discovering sign language. Our girls adore the team at Stepping Stones, and they have come on so well since they have been attending the childcare centre.

My kid is well looked after and excited to tell me about her day. The ethos of the setting is continuously adhered to throughout all early years practices, placing value with each kid. It has strong updates with building parent partnerships which are by continuously keeping me updated on what my kid is doing and how she is developing. My daughter has an incredible bond with the team, each bond being different but being sharing one commonality, that my daughter loves them all. They are a considerate and attentive team who consistently position the kid at the centre of discovering, acting as facilitators to the kid’s discovering by encouragement and assisting with skills that are not fully secured yet. Overall, this is an outstanding childcare centre and I am incredibly grateful for all the hard work the team put in to make it an incredible setting. Stepping Stones Day Childcare centre & Preschool has created an impressive setting!