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First Steps Day Nursery in Yeovil

Ofsted: Strong standard·
5.0(4 parent reviews) ·148 Hendford Hill, Yeovil, BA20 2RG · Somerset
Number of places
47 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2026
Local authority
Somerset

About this day nursery

First Steps Day Nursery, located in Yeovil, is a childcare setting for children aged 0-4 years, registered with Ofsted in September 2023. The nursery received a "Good" overall rating in its latest inspection on January 30, 2026.

Children at First Steps Day Nursery are welcomed into a calm, nurturing, and highly positive environment where their learning, development, and care are exceptionally well-supported. The dedicated team at First Steps Day Nursery prioritises the individual needs of each child, ensuring that every child accesses the curriculum fully and participates confidently in a wide range of stimulating activities.

The nursery places a strong emphasis on fostering independence and emotional security, with secure relationships between staff and children at its heart. Leaders and staff are committed to creating a deeply inclusive culture, exemplified by their recent introduction of an outdoor classroom designed to provide focused learning experiences.

This proactive approach ensures that children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities or who face other barriers to learning, receive targeted support and make rapid progress, preparing them confidently for their transitions to school.

Our ethos

First Steps Day Nursery is committed to high-quality childcare and early learning, fostering independence and social skills by recognising and respecting individual needs. They aim to make learning an engaging experience through imaginative play spaces and dedicated practitioners.

What it's like

Children arrive at the nursery happy, confident and eager to begin their day, engaging deeply in a wide range of stimulating activities. The learning environment and curriculum are carefully designed to meet each child's individual needs, ensuring all make rapid progress. Children demonstrate high levels of independence and are consistently helpful to staff and their peers, fostering a supportive and cooperative atmosphere.

Confident learnersCalm environmentPositive relationshipsStrong SEND supportOutdoor learning

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Food

Morning snack, two-course lunch, light afternoon tea, milk and water available all day. Accommodates allergies and special dietary needs.

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, 51 weeks a year (excluding Bank Holidays)

Age range

3 months to school age

Term time / All Year

All_year

Session types

Full-day, Morning, Afternoon

Established

2023

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Strong standard

Last inspected Jan 2026

Headline: Strong standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
—
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementStrong standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for First Steps Day Nursery

Last inspected 30 January 2026

Safeguarding effective

What it's like to attend

Children arrive at the nursery happy, confident and eager to begin their day, engaging deeply in a wide range of stimulating activities. The learning environment and curriculum are carefully designed to meet each child's individual needs, ensuring all make rapid progress. Children demonstrate high levels of independence and are consistently helpful to staff and their peers, fostering a supportive and cooperative atmosphere.

Inspector highlights

  • Children become confident and motivated learners, who are very well prepared for transitions.
  • Leaders and staff create a calm, welcoming and highly positive environment that supports children's learning, development and care exceptionally well.
  • Leaders and staff promote children's welfare and wellbeing exceptionally well.
  • Leaders have an accurate understanding of the quality of the curriculum and teaching.
  • Leaders have high expectations for all children and embed a very positive culture of inclusion.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders and those responsible for governance should sustain their work to ensure continued improvement and high standards. They should focus on creating a transformational impact on the outcomes and experiences of disadvantaged children, those with SEND, those who are known (or previously known) to children's social care, and those who may face other barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing.
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Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff skilfully adapt teaching, routines and the environment so that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and disadvantaged children access the curriculum fully and participate confidently alongside their peers. Leaders monitor children's progress closely and review the impact of support regularly, adjusting provision to ensure children make excellent progress. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities or who face barriers to their learning receive the targeted support that they need to help them to achieve.

Outdoor space

The recent introduction of the outdoor classroom was developed to provide more specific learning experiences as leaders recognise that some children need more focused learning opportunities.

Parent Reviews of First Steps Day Nursery

5.0
(4)
Emma
8 years ago

An outstanding nursery as Ofsted repeatedly state. My son was lucky enough to get a space here from 7 months until he started school and his headteacher immediately recognised that he must be a ‘first steps child’ because of his intelligence and confidence. He adored every day at this nursery and still now at 7 talks about it. Cannot recommend it highly enough

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Emma Mason
4 years ago

First Steps Nursery and all its staff are amazing. Both my children have attended since 7 minths old and the social and academic skills they have learnt are fantastic and made the transition to school an easy and joyful experience.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

30 January 2026

Strong standard

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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