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Partou Little Big Steps Day Nursery & Pre-School

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2025)
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4.2(10 parent reviews) ·Crossroads, The Park, BRISTOL, BS4 1DQ · Bristol
Number of places
81 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2025
Local authority
Bristol

About this day nursery

Partou Little Big Steps Day Nursery & Pre-School, located in Bristol, offers a modern and purpose-built environment for children in the Filwood Park and Knowle areas. The nursery features bright, spacious playrooms designed with natural resources to encourage learning and exploration.

It boasts highly qualified and experienced staff who are experts in early years care and education. The nursery provides healthy and freshly prepared meals from a seasonal menu, with meal and snack times being an important and educational part of the day.

Children also have access to well-equipped outdoor areas for exploration in all weather conditions. Learning activities are tailored to each child's unique needs and interests.

The nursery is open Monday to Friday, from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm, excluding bank holidays. They offer funded childcare places and accept various government early years entitlements.

The fees are transparently broken down into care, meals & snacks, and consumables. There is a non-refundable registration fee of £75 or a deposit to reserve a child’s place.

Discounts are available for siblings and Blue Light Card holders. The nursery has received positive feedback from parents regarding the caring staff, engaging activities, and the positive settlement of their children.

What it's like

Children are happy and confident in the nursery environment. Staff have good relationships with children that enable them to feel safe and secure. They provide children with a learning environment that is centred around their needs, promoting their independence and confidence.

Modern and purpose-built facilityNatural resources in playroomsHighly qualified staffFreshly prepared mealsWell-equipped outdoor areas

Pricing & funding

Fees are split into separate charges for care, meals and snacks, and consumables. Government funding only covers the care portion, meaning meal and consumable fees still apply to funded hours. Siblings and Blue Light Card holders receive a five percent discount.

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare

Good to know

  • Non-refundable registration fee or deposit required to reserve a place.
  • Government funding covers care fees only; meals, snacks, and consumables are fully chargeable.
  • Consumables fee includes daily care items such as nappies, wet wipes, and sun cream.
  • Five percent discount available for the eldest sibling or Blue Light Card holders (maximum one discount).
  • Closed on bank holidays and closes early at 4pm on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

Key facts

Opening hours

Mon - Fri, 7.00am to 6.00pm (excl. bank holidays)

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Partou Little Big Steps Day Nursery & Pre-School

Last inspected 11 March 2025

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children are happy and confident in the nursery environment. Staff have good relationships with children that enable them to feel safe and secure. They provide children with a learning environment that is centred around their needs, promoting their independence and confidence.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are happy and confident in the nursery environment.
  • Staff have good relationships with children that enable them to feel safe and secure.
  • The provider and staff develop and deliver a curriculum that promotes children's independence and confidence.
  • Staff report that they are well supported by the provider and receive regular opportunities to discuss their health and well-being, as well as their training needs and workload.
  • Staff promote children's language and communication at every opportunity.

Areas to develop

  • 1support less-experienced staff to use their knowledge of children's individual learning needs to better support children to engage with meaningful learning opportunities
  • 2support staff to consistently help older children to understand the expectations for their behaviour and importance of respecting their environment.
Inspection #10382003 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents report their children love coming to the nursery and have grown in confidence since attending.

Those parents whose children are transitioning to school this year share that they are being well prepared by staff.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff mostly know all children and their families very well. They work with parents and other professionals where needed to ensure they meet children's needs.

Outdoor space

Staff support the youngest children to get ready for the garden, allowing them time to independently have a go at putting on their coats. The inspectors observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

Parent Reviews of Partou Little Big Steps Day Nursery & Pre-School

4.2
(10)
Susie Hill
a year ago

The staff at Tiny Teapots are amazing and my daughter loves Nicola in the pre-school room. She is an asset to the setting and has really made her time there enjoyable. Claire, the manager has done wonders with this nursery. All her hard work has really paid off. A job well done. We will be sad to leave as my daughter has been going since she was a baby but onwards and upwards to “big school”

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Alice Gregory
a year ago

It's taken me a very long time to sit down and consider writing this review. My primary concern has always been the safety of other children and parents need to hear what I have to say. My at time, 11 month old son, was involved in a safeguarding issue in this nursery. I won't give details, the whole ordeal was awful and heartbreaking from start to finish. As a parent it's your worse nightmare, they failed in their basic duty of care in keeping babies safe. After the incident taking place, I also can't describe the awful treatment and mishandling we received at the hands of Partou. The incident took place in November and to this say we havnt received a refund for the day my child was mistreated in this nursery. His incident wasn't isolated, a number of incidents took place and to this day I don't know the full outcome of the investigation. I am in disbelief that ofsted havnt published the findings of the investigation that taken place, there's no evidence online that any wrong doing has taken place in this nursery. Please do not send your babies here.

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Specialised HR
8 years ago

My daughter goes to Abbeywood nursery (Knowle) a couple of times a week. She is in the 0-2 years room and absolutely loves it. She is always happy when we pick her up. She is really active throughout the day with them, from getting all messy and covered head to toe in something they are making or painting. All the staff are wonderfully friendly and are really understanding and supportive towards her and us. The food they provide the children is healthy and organic and they have taken into consideration my daughter's dietary needs. I would not hestiate to recommend the nursery to anyone!

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Holly Nicholls
4 years ago

We used to be really happy with this nursery, however recently their fees and rules around start/finish times for term time only free hours arrangements have become convoluted to the point that we are having to question our invoice every month. And apparently arriving at 2-5mins before the hour means that we have to pay for the whole other 55-8 mins of the hour our child wasn’t there. Makes routines and budgets impossible to manage

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Samantha Mayo
2 years ago

Staff are always so friendly and helpful I have a very clingy child but she always looks so happy when I get updates of her at nursery it’s so nice when I’m at work to see she is happy and settled

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Inspection history

Date: July 2014

  • March 2025Good
  • May 2024Good
  • June 2018Good
  • July 2014Good

Frequently asked about Partou Little Big Steps Day Nursery & Pre-School

About the setting

Partou Little Big Steps Day Nursery & Pre-School originally registered in 2004 under the name Abbeywood Tots Day Nursery and is located in the Park Centre, Knowle, Bristol. It operates from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. There are 16 members of staff, of whom nine hold an appropriate childcare qualification. The nursery provides funded places for children aged two, three, and four years.

URN
EY421623
Registered person
Abbeywood Tots Day Nursery Ltd
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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