Stepping Stones Day Nursery & Preschool

Stepping Stones Day Nursery & Preschool has created an impressive environment! My child 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 child. It has strong communication with building parent partnerships which are by continuously keeping me updated on what my child is doing and how she is developing. My daughter has an amazing bond with the staff, each bond being different but being sharing one commonality, that my daughter loves them all. They are a considerate and caring team who always position the child at the centre of learning, acting as facilitators to the child’s learning by encouragement and assisting with skills that are not fully secured yet. Overall, this is an outstanding nursery and I am incredibly grateful for all the hard work the team put in to make it an incredible environment.

My son is very happy to go to this nursery. All staff have been very kind and have helped my child settle into the nursery. The staff are very friendly and very involved in the children’s activities.
I am very happy 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 children.
I highly recommend this nursery.

My son has attended this nursery for several months. 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 amazing, he has solid friendships and has made real bonds with the staff! All of this is because of the staff and their determination to ensure the children are settled.

The ethos of the nursery is also highly important. It’s very child-led and teaches the children to become independent and able.
The children enjoy a variety of activities and enjoy the garden each day. They are provided with healthy balanced meals, and as a mother of a child with several allergies, they cater to this brilliantly!
I can’t thank the staff enough for ensuring my child is happy to come in and happy when he leaves as well as encouraging him to try new things and to explore! Thank you, ladies!

After a bad experience at one nursery, by some luck, I stumbled across this goldmine. Stepping Stone’s hadn’t been open very long. I booked a visit to go and see the nursery. The manager greeted me, I stepped inside and immediately fell in love. The nursery, of course, was immaculate. The manager was excellent at understanding my needs and worries as I had already had a bad experience at a previous nursery. So, I was feeling very nervous. Anyway, almost two years on, I have one extremely sociable, caring little boy. The girls at Stepping Stones are all amazing. My son’s speech is very good. The girls always keeping me up to date with my little boy’s progress. They go above and beyond to suit your needs. Whatever you need, they do their utmost to make sure they help you to the best of their ability. Thank God I found this place. I recommend anybody to send their child here. The manager is an excellent, owner and the staff she employs are second to none. Thank you to everybody at Stepping Stones.

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

We have been really pleased with Stepping Stones since we moved our son to the nursery post the first lockdown. The children are encouraged to choose what activities they’d like to do during the day, and the staff are there to support them. The children always take part in a variety of activities and often things we’d never think of doing at home, which is great to see. They spend a lot of time outside, and I rated this as four because although it’s a great space, it isn’t huge.
There is also a fantastic menu for the children, and our son eats lots of different cuisines!
We get updates via an app on what our son is doing throughout the day and what he eats, we can also upload activities we do at home.
The staff we are in contact with regularly are wonderful and responsive when we contact them.

Our experience in the Stepping Stones Day Nursery could not be better. 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 love it.
After one year of attendance, we cannot complain about a thing: good facilities indoors with a cosy garden as well, good fostering environment with sings language, and recently introducing different languages (amazing for us as we are a trilingual family). Constant contact with the family sharing interests and progress, 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.
Good attention to the environment as well (with the usage of reusable nappies) and pandemic rules.

My daughter had her first settling in session at Stepping Stones, and I was updated throughout the day on when she was changed and how much she had eaten. I also received photos of her making new friends and playing, which is so lovely to be able to see for myself. As a working Mum, this gave me so much relief getting these through the app while working. The staff are all lovely and show so much nurture to my daughter already within her first time in the setting. The communication between the staff and myself have been very positive and responses are very quick. I would recommend this nursery to anyone; there is no better feeling than knowing your child is in safe hands.