Opening hours
Monday to Friday, from 8am until 6pm
Footsteps Nursery, located in Oswestry, provides a nurturing and stimulating environment where children from birth to five years old can thrive. Children are happy and excited to attend, forming strong bonds with staff, who know them well through an effective key-person system.
The nursery is open Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 6 pm, all year round, ensuring consistent care. Staff are skilled at creating engaging activities that build on children's interests, effectively promoting independence through daily routines.
The nursery places a strong emphasis on supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, implementing early intervention strategies and providing targeted one-to-one support, which positively impacts their progress. The well-equipped learning environment offers valuable experiences both indoors and outdoors; toddlers enjoy "bear hunts," while babies develop balance and gross motor skills on beams and see-saws, excitedly splashing in puddles.
Managers and staff are dedicated to preparing children for school, focusing on developing communication and language, and fostering a love of books through captivating storytelling. Parents consistently express their happiness with the setting, noting how their children have developed and flourished.
What it's like
Children are happy and excited to attend this nurturing setting. The key-person system ensures that staff know the children well, and children form strong bonds with staff. Staff develop activities that build on children's interests, promoting their independence effectively through everyday activities.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday, from 8am until 6pm
Term time / All Year
All Year
Last inspected 8 November 2022
What it's like to attend
Children are happy and excited to attend this nurturing setting. The key-person system ensures that staff know the children well, and children form strong bonds with staff. Staff develop activities that build on children's interests, promoting their independence effectively through everyday activities.
Inspector highlights
Areas to develop
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents report how happy they are with the setting and how much their children have developed and flourished.
Inclusion & environment
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported well. Staff implement early intervention strategies quickly. Children benefit from targeted one-to-one support when needed. These interventions are having a positive impact on children's progress and development.
Staff create a well-equipped learning environment that ensures the children benefit from valuable experiences, both indoors and outdoors. Toddlers access the outdoors as they excitedly exclaim that they are 'going on a bear hunt'. Outdoors, staff support babies as they walk on balance beams and see-saws. Children squeal excitedly as they jump and splash in puddles. This develops their confidence and gross motor skills.
Date: March 2009
Other Ofsted-registered day nurseries close to Footsteps Nursery.
Oswestry · SY11 2LQ
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Oswestry · SY11 4AS
Maesbury Marsh · SY10 8HD
Oswestry · SY11 4DA
Oswestry · SY10 7AG
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