Term time / All Year
All Year
Millom Stepping Stones
Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2025)
Number of places
42 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2025
Local authority
Cumberland
About this day nursery
Millom Stepping Stones is an all-year nursery established in 2008, providing a warm and nurturing environment for children aged 0-5 years. The setting places the needs of children at the heart of its provision, with staff dedicated to understanding each child's unique needs, interests, and characters.
They offer a reassuring hug if a child is unsettled and ensure emotional well-being is considered throughout the setting, including smooth transitions between rooms with key persons. Children are active learners, independently accessing resources and demonstrating they are settled and secure.
The nursery offers a wide range of learning opportunities, promoting independence through its curriculum, from babies using covered cups to pre-schoolers pouring their own drinks. Communication and language skills are strongly supported through running commentaries, new vocabulary, and questioning.
The curriculum is designed with clear intent for every child, ensuring learning is sequenced to build skills over time. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive extremely good support, with staff quickly identifying learning gaps and collaborating with professionals.
Healthy lifestyles are promoted with a diverse menu and activities exploring exercise and oral health. Children also develop an awareness of inclusion and diversity through local outings and visits to a care home.
Following its latest inspection on 23/07/2025, Millom Stepping Stones was rated 'Good' by Ofsted in all areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management.
What it's like
This setting places the needs of children at the heart of its provision. Staff take time to understand children's unique needs, interests and characters, and offer a reassuring hug if children are a little unsettled. Children are active learners and independently access resources, demonstrating they are settled and secure.
Child-centred provisionStrong SEND supportComprehensive curriculumPromotes healthy lifestylesFosters independenceInclusion and diversity awareness
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
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Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Millom Stepping Stones
Last inspected 23 July 2025 · Elisia Lee
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
This setting places the needs of children at the heart of its provision. Staff take time to understand children's unique needs, interests and characters, and offer a reassuring hug if children are a little unsettled. Children are active learners and independently access resources, demonstrating they are settled and secure.
Inspector highlights
- Staff have developed an interesting curriculum, which has clear intent for every child as they move through the setting.
- All areas of learning are promoted well, and staff support children's communication and language skills through providing a running commentary, sharing new vocabulary and asking questions.
- Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are supported extremely well.
- Healthy lifestyles are promoted in the setting, and children enjoy a wide menu which caters for their individual dietary needs.
- Children are developing an awareness of inclusion and diversity through outings and visits to a local care home.
Areas to develop
- 1develop consistent opportunities for children to explore mathematics, so that they develop a secure knowledge of early mathematical skills
- 2enhance the support given to parents for home learning ideas, in order to extend children's learning further.
Inspection #10392441 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
'staff give great care, attention and support to children'
'my child has developed so much'
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are supported extremely well. Staff are quick to identify any gaps in learning and work well with other professionals to meet children's individual needs. Staff support children as they leave for school by making a photo book of their new environment and visiting the school with children.
Inspection history
Date: February 2009
- July 2025Good
- August 2019Good
- February 2014Outstanding
- February 2009Good
Frequently asked about Millom Stepping Stones
About the setting
Millom Stepping Stones registered in 2008 and is situated in Millom, Cumbria. The setting employs 21 members of childcare staff, with 15 holding appropriate early years qualifications. The setting is open from 7am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round and provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.
- URN
- EY370536
- Registered person
- Millom Stepping Stones
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Previous rating
- Good
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