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Stepping Stones Day Nursery & Preschool | Ofsted Reports, Fees, Reviews (2025)

Stepping Stones Day Nursery & Preschool
Stepping Stones Day Nursery & Preschool
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The quality of education Good
Behaviour and attitudes Good
Personal development Good
Leadership and management Good
Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not Applicable
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children explore fun, interesting resources, which include lots of loose parts, such as wooden shapes, planks, tyres, dressing-up clothes and donated costume jewellery. They independently move and combine these resources during their play.
Diverse Books and Toys: The range of books available in the book area does not fully reflect the different ages and stages of the children in the room.
Activities: Children enjoy using natural resources, such as flowers, plants and leaves, in their mud kitchen. Children work with staff to use some of the flower petals to make 'perfume,' which they use as fragrance spray around the room.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children make good progress in relation to their starting points. They enjoy using natural resources and develop good imaginative skills.
Communication: Staff make effective use of an online app to help ensure that parents know how their children are at nursery. Children's achievements and their progress is updated daily.
Community Building: Parental comments in written testimonials show they are confident that their children are happy and making good levels of progress.
Programs and Resources: Staff involve other professionals, such as the special educational needs coordinator, where they have concerns about a child's learning or development. This helps to close the gaps in learning for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Staff Training: Ongoing supervision, training and support helps them to identify and target areas for additional training.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children confidently share their ideas and thoughts with staff.
Safeguarding Training: Staff regularly update their knowledge and understanding of child protection and safeguarding matters through online training courses.
Play and Learning Integration: They declare that the dinosaur is happy and that they did good 'teamwork.'
Transition to Primary School: Staff are beginning to develop relationships with teachers at local schools and encourage teachers to visit. They ensure that assessments are ready for when children move on to the next stage in their learning.
Child Safety Management: Staff continually risk assess the environment to help keep children safe.
Children's Safety and Security: Children are happy, settle quickly and enjoy their time at the nursery.
Happiness and Settling: Children are happy, settle quickly and enjoy their time at the nursery.
Nutritional Menu: Older children confidently prepare their own snacks. They use child-safe tools to peel carrots and cut strips of pepper. Children discuss the importance of drinking water to help keep themselves healthy.
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Stepping Stones Day Nursery & Preschool is a Nursery, Nursery located in Essex, East of England.

This nursery accepts children from 0.3-5 years old.

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The result of more than thirty years of expertise in childcare and education is Stepping Stones Day Nursery & Preschool.
We at Stepping Stones want to make this time as joyful as possible since we recognise that entering nursery is a significant milestone for both you and your child. I am the owner, manager, and mother of four grown children and four grandkids.
Our Reggio Emelia-inspired methodology adheres to a learning philosophy that is centred on experiential, child-led learning.
Through an individualised curriculum, the children explore and learn about the values of personal responsibility, respect for others and the environment, and a strong feeling of community.
Additionally, our qualified practitioners scaffold the children's learning using the Planning In The Moment technique, which guarantees that the bulk of time is spent interacting with the kids rather than on paperwork.
We serve wholesome, nutritional meals, snacks, and drinks all day long at our nursery.
Our crew is extremely skilled and knowledgeable in child care and education, and Catherine, the owner and nursery manager, is leading the charge.
At Stepping Stones Day Nursery and Preschool, we only choose the most compassionate, knowledgeable, and qualified staff members who share our commitment to giving our kids the best possible care and education. When I was raising my own four children, I also started my work in early years education as a childminder. My interest in children's development started more than thirty years ago.
In the years that followed, I taught in day nurseries and preschools and ran and owned them both in England and overseas.
Stepping Stones Day Nursery & Preschool was founded as a result of the accumulation of all these experiences.
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Holidays 2024/25

Holidays Date
Autumn Half Term Holidays 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024
Winter Holidays 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025
Spring Half Term Holidays 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025
Spring Holidays 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025
Summer Half Term Holidays 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025
Summer Holidays 24th Jul 2025 - 2nd Sep 2025

Terms Dates 2024/25

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Autumn Term 3rd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024
Autumn Term-2 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024
Spring Term 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025
Spring Term-2 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025
Summer Term 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025
Summer Term-2 31st May 2025 - 23rd Jul 2025
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