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Small Steps Day Nursery And Pre-School in Wirral (CH48 4DW)

Ofsted: Good
(May 2024)
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5.0(1 parent reviews) ·2 Park Road, West Kirby, WIRRAL, CH48 4DW · Wirral
Number of places
46 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2024
Local authority
Wirral

About this day nursery

Small Steps Day Nursery and Pre-School in West Kirby offers reliable and trustworthy childcare services, providing a solid foundation for early education. The nursery aims to create a tranquil, calm, and homely environment, functioning as an extension of the child's own home.

This approach focuses on fostering a joyful, nurturing, authentic, and effective teaching and learning space for both children and staff. The nursery provides various services, including nursery services, an Early Years Centre, and wrap-around school provision.

They emphasise creating an environment where children feel safe and secure, allowing them to make new friends and thrive. The nursery has received positive feedback from families, highlighting the staff's commitment to children's holistic development and the supportive, family-like atmosphere.

Small Steps has multiple locations in West Kirby, each offering specific services and catering to different age groups or needs, with varying opening times.

Our ethos

We provide a tranquil calm setting that feels like home. The home-from-home approach will transform the daily lives of our children and key workers by creating a joyful, nurturing, authentic and effective teaching and learning environment.

What it's like

Children are welcomed warmly by staff and engage in exciting learning opportunities that ignite their interest and curiosity. Staff know the children well and have high aspirations for them, fostering kindness, concern, and respect among friends. Children are encouraged to be independent, learning self-care skills and developing an awareness of their own needs and sense of self.

Homely environmentCuriosity ApproachWrap-around careEarly Years Centre

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Lang Lane & Park Road: Monday-Friday 8:00am-6:00pm (early drop-off available on request); Early Years Centre & Wrap Around: 7:45am-5:45pm (Term Time Only)

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Small Steps Day Nursery And Pre-School

Last inspected 8 May 2024

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 welcomed warmly by staff and engage in exciting learning opportunities that ignite their interest and curiosity. Staff know the children well and have high aspirations for them, fostering kindness, concern, and respect among friends. Children are encouraged to be independent, learning self-care skills and developing an awareness of their own needs and sense of self.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff build strong, caring, and nurturing relationships with children, helping them feel safe and confident.
  • Staff are keenly aware of children becoming confident communicators, using songs and French words to support language acquisition.
  • Staff enable children to learn new skills through engaging activities, bolstering their confidence.
  • Staff plan activities to continually develop children's small- and large-muscle movements.
  • Children are provided with many opportunities to revisit and embed new skills, such as pouring and tipping.
  • Staff provide many opportunities for children to learn about number, shapes, and measure, developing a secure awareness of early mathematical concepts.
  • Staff actively encourage children's investigative skills, helping them become curious learners.
  • The new management team works in partnership with staff, identifying training to improve learning opportunities.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen staff's understanding of the curriculum so that they are clear on what they want children to learn
  • 2help staff to access focused training and support to develop their confidence in delivering the curriculum.
Inspection #10336140 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The inspector spoke with key staff about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Parent Reviews of Small Steps Day Nursery And Pre-School

5.0
(1)

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Inspection history

Date: June 2011

  • May 2024Good
  • December 2019Good
  • September 2015Outstanding
  • June 2011Good

Frequently asked about Small Steps Day Nursery And Pre-School

About the setting

Small Steps Day Nursery And Pre-School registered in 2010. It is located in West Kirby, Wirral. The nursery employs 16 members of childcare staff, with five holding a level 6 qualification, five at level 3, and two at level 2. The nursery operates Monday to Friday, all year round, from 8am to 6pm, and provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

URN
EY416910
Registered person
Small Steps Day Nursery (Wirral) Ltd
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Previous rating
Good

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