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Stepping Stones Community Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(May 2023)
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5.0(2 parent reviews) ·Ground Floor, Melbury House, London, SW8 1BA · Lambeth
Number of places
14 places
Age range
0–3 yrs
Last inspected
May 2023
Local authority
Lambeth

About this day nursery

Stepping Stones Community Nursery (SSCN) is a highly-regarded, accredited childcare provider situated in Vauxhall, London. The nursery is dedicated to offering engaging, affordable, and full-time care for children aged 3 months to 5 years, with the distinctive advantage of a bilingual (English & Spanish) environment.

As a social enterprise, SSCN extends its commitment beyond childcare, fostering community empowerment through various employment, training, and volunteering opportunities for local residents. The nursery firmly believes in the importance of play as a primary learning method for young children, striving to create a nurturing and stimulating atmosphere that supports their Early Years development and overall well-being.

The curriculum is thoughtfully designed around the interests of both parents and children, promoting bilingualism and adhering to the Early Years Foundation Stage principles. These principles focus on acknowledging each child as unique, building positive relationships, providing enabling environments, and fostering continuous learning and development.

Our ethos

Stepping Stones Community Nursery is committed to providing a nurturing and stimulating atmosphere that supports children's Early Years development and overall well-being. They believe in the importance of play as a primary learning method and design their curriculum around children's and parents' interests, promoting bilingualism (English & Spanish) and adhering to the Early Years Foundation Stage principles.

What it's like

Children happily separate from parents and carers and they are warmly welcomed into this small, homely and safe nursery. The curriculum is well designed, considering children's interests and stages of development. Children quickly find something that captures their imagination, they play with purpose and show good levels of concentration.

Bilingual (English & Spanish) environmentCommunity-based social enterpriseFocus on Early Years Foundation Stage principlesHealthy and nutritious meals included

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday - Thursday: 8:00am to 6:00pm, Friday: 8:00am to 2:00pm

Food

Healthy and nutritious meals are included in the nursery fees and adapted to the child’s age requirements.

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Session types

full-time

Established

2009

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Stepping Stones Community Nursery

Last inspected 22 May 2023 · Natalie OLeary

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 happily separate from parents and carers and they are warmly welcomed into this small, homely and safe nursery. The curriculum is well designed, considering children's interests and stages of development. Children quickly find something that captures their imagination, they play with purpose and show good levels of concentration.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff know children well. Starting points are accurately identified and appropriate next steps put in place.
  • Children develop positive relationships with caring, attentive staff. Children are offered an abundance of praise and encouragement. They are supported to persevere at tasks they may find difficult and develop skills of resilience as they succeed where they thought they may not.
  • Staff promote the importance of living healthily to children. Seasonal produce is used to create healthy and nutritionally balanced meals for children.
  • Partnership with parents is strong. Parents value how well staff know their children and recognise the progress children have shown since starting.
  • The diversity of children is celebrated within the nursery. Children are confident and display high levels of self-esteem. Resources allow all children to see themselves positively represented.

Areas to develop

  • 1review how questions are used with children to provide them greater opportunity to use their widening vocabulary and share their ideas and opinions
  • 2look at the way routines are managed to ensure children are not waiting for prolonged periods of time.
Inspection #10280184 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The manager identifies the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on children's learning. Gaps in children's learning are quickly identified and plans put in place to enable all children to make good progress from their starting points.

Outdoor space

In the garden, children find a snail. They are interested in investigating this further, getting magnifying glasses for a better look. Staff pick up on this and ask children if they would like to go on a bug hunt. Children have a wide range of opportunities, both inside and outside, to engage in physical play, developing both small and large motor skills.

Parent Reviews of Stepping Stones Community Nursery

5.0
(2)
Doris Messi
9 years ago

My son and I had the best time at stepping stone. It is a warm and welcoming place with perfect staff members, when my son was due to start nursery I was very worried as any parent would then we went for our first day and from then my worries started disappearing. My son started school this year and his teachers are so impressed with him he can write his name his can count and more and it's due to the stepping stone community nursery and it's beautiful family oriented place. Stepping Stone Community is highly recommended by me from my experience there.

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Elanor Radford
11 years ago

I highly recommend this nursery. My son has been attending this nursery since September 2013. This is a small nursery with a lovely outdoor space and garden and a warm and stimulating interior. The team are extremely caring, experienced, energetic and I have watched them form beautiful relationships with my son and the other little ones. Staff support both parents and children and are genuinely and proactively concerned with encouraging children to have new experiences through a wide variety of activities, and to develop their social relationships and independence. The team here foster a sense of family at the nursery and provide a calm and loving environment for the children.

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Inspection history

Date: January 2015

  • May 2023Good
  • September 2017Good
  • January 2015Good

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