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Stepping-Stones Pre-School & Holiday Care

Ofsted: Good
(Dec 2023)
·Monksmead School, Hillside Avenue, Borehamwood, WD6 1HL · Hertfordshire
Number of places
25 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2023
Local authority
Hertfordshire

About this day nursery

Stepping-Stones Pre-School, situated at Monksmead School in Borehamwood, offers a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 18 months to 5 years. The pre-school operates on a term-time only basis, with flexible sessions available from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Monday to Friday.

Extending their care, they also provide wrap-around services, including a breakfast club starting at 7:30 am and an after-school club until 5:00 pm. The facility boasts a spacious main room, a dedicated smaller learning room, a kitchen for snack and lunch preparation, and a secure outdoor garden, ensuring a safe and engaging outdoor learning experience.

The dedicated team at Stepping-Stones is committed to delivering high-quality care and education, fostering each child's unique learning style and pace to help them achieve their full potential, embodying the philosophy that every child is capable of learning and succeeding.

What it's like

Staff and leaders create a warm and stimulating environment that sparks children's curiosity and interest, so they arrive happy and eager to explore. Children have plenty of meaningful opportunities to choose what they would like to access indoors or in the garden, with help from nurturing and supportive staff. Knowledgeable staff offer inspiring scope for children to explore a wide array of tools and resources to further develop their fine motor skills.

Term-time onlyWrap-around careSpacious outdoor areaFlexible sessions

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (term time only); Breakfast club from 7:30 am; After-school club until 5:00 pm

Age range

18 months - 5 years

Term time / All Year

Mixed

Session types

flexible sessions, wrap around care

Established

2021

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Stepping-Stones Pre-School & Holiday Care

Last inspected 12 December 2023 · Anca Sandu

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

Staff and leaders create a warm and stimulating environment that sparks children's curiosity and interest, so they arrive happy and eager to explore. Children have plenty of meaningful opportunities to choose what they would like to access indoors or in the garden, with help from nurturing and supportive staff. Knowledgeable staff offer inspiring scope for children to explore a wide array of tools and resources to further develop their fine motor skills.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff and leaders create a warm and stimulating environment that sparks children's curiosity and interest.
  • Knowledgeable staff offer inspiring scope for children to explore a wide array of tools and resources to further develop their fine motor skills.
  • Staff and leaders offer inclusive practice, taking children's interests and abilities into consideration when planning exciting and stimulating activities.
  • Children behave well and are independent with dressing and undressing, and staff are always readily available to support children's emotional needs.
  • Staff create meaningful opportunities for children to explore a wide array of books to develop a passion for literature and support their early-reading skills.

Areas to develop

  • 1reflect and enhance the quality of teaching to ensure children are suitably challenged in their learning
  • 2provide opportunities for children to learn a wider range of new words to extend their vocabulary, particularly for younger children and those who require extra support
  • 3strengthen the communication about children's learning with parents.
Inspection #10308747 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff and leaders offer inclusive practice. They take children's interests and abilities into consideration when planning exciting and stimulating activities. For example, children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and children who speak English as additional language enjoy engaging in an activity where surprise resources are revealed to them.

Outdoor space

Children have plenty of meaningful opportunities to choose what they would like to access indoors or in the garden. In the garden, children have a great time exploring the water tray, filling containers then pouring water through spinning wheels.

EAL / language support

Children who speak English as additional language enjoy engaging in an activity where surprise resources are revealed to them. Staff use simple and clear language to guide children's attention and focus. As a result, children concentrate and persevere with this activity, and this supports their understanding, listening and attention skills.

Inspection history

Date: December 2023

  • January 2024Good
  • December 2023Good

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