Highlights from the Ofsted inspection carried out at Partou Stepping Stones Day Nursery & Pre-School on 30th April 2026:

“The safeguarding standards are met. This means that leaders and/or those responsible for governance and oversight fulfil their specific responsibilities and have established an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed. As a result, children are made safer and feel safe.”

“All children gain the skills and knowledge they need to prepare them for the next stage of their learning, including starting school.”

“Leaders and staff have high expectations for children’s behaviour and attitudes to learning. Through a well-sequenced curriculum, consistent routines and overall purposeful interactions, children learn to manage their feelings and behaviour effectively. Children learn to be kind and considerate towards others and demonstrate positive attitudes that support their engagement and readiness to learn.”

“Leaders have worked closely with staff to develop and implement daily routines that help children to feel secure and confident in the nursery environment. This supports children to understand what to expect throughout the day, enabling them to settle quickly and engage in their learning.”

“All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, benefit from the warm and trusting relationships they form with staff and their key person. Staff are sensitive to children’s individual needs. They model respectful, nurturing interactions. For example, when applying sun cream to babies, staff take time to explain what they are doing and why, reassuring them and encouraging their involvement to help them feel at ease.”

“Leaders implement the key-person system effectively across the nursery. Staff know children well and work closely with parents to follow established routines, supporting children to feel safe, secure and ready to engage in their learning.”

“Staff encourage children to follow routines around personal hygiene to help them develop independence and understand how to keep themselves healthy. They implement routines, supporting children to wash their hands, wipe their noses and manage their self-care with confidence.”

“Leaders have a clear and ambitious vision for what they want children to know and learn throughout their time in nursery. They have focused on developing opportunities that support children’s progress across all areas of learning, prioritising children feeling safe and secure and developing positive relationships. Staff plan activities that actively engage children and provide appropriate levels of challenge, helping them to build the skills they need for the next stage in their learning.”

“Leaders and staff follow established assessment and monitoring procedures to quickly identify any emerging gaps in children’s learning. This ensures that appropriate support is provided at the earliest opportunity, particularly for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those facing other barriers to learning… They have also accessed some resources that positively represent abilities among children. This helps to ensure that children can see themselves reflected in the environment and supports them to feel recognised, included and valued.”

“Staff say that they are happy in their roles and are well supported by leaders. They have access to online training to develop their knowledge and skills further, and leaders encourage this to be completed in work hours to ensure that staff are not working in their own time.”

“Leaders and staff work well with families and other professionals to meet the needs of children who face barriers to their learning, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Parents compliment the support that their children receive as they face challenges to learning.”

“Children are happy. They separate from their families with ease as the friendly staff warmly welcome them when they arrive. Staff work closely with parents and carers before children start, gathering detailed information to help them get to know each child well. This helps children to feel secure and settle quickly and reduces barriers to learning.”

“Children form secure and trusting relationships with their key person, the staff in their rooms and their peers.”

Read the full Ofsted report for Partou Stepping Stones

Upon registration, you will be asked to pay a £75 registration fee (non-refundable) or a £75 registration deposit to reserve your child’s nursery place (see terms and conditions for eligibility).

What’s included in our fees? 

Our full fees are clearly broken down into care, meals & snacks and consumables fees for full transparency. 

Care fees include: trained, qualified team members taking care of your child, regular updates about your child and their progress at nursery, a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities tailored to the needs of your child, and use of the nursery building facilities. 

Meals & snacks fees cover the cost of all food and drinks whilst your child is in our care. Meal and snack times are a very important part of Partou nursery life, learn more about how we make food and nutrition enjoyable and educational for children in our care.

Consumables include; important daily care items needed such as nappies, wet wipes and sun cream. 

Discounts

Only one discount can be applied at any time:

• 5% discount for eldest child for siblings.
• 5% discount for Blue Light Card holders.

Terms & conditions apply 

Other key information

• We’re closed on Bank Holidays.
• We close at 4pm on Christmas Eve. 
• We’re closed between Christmas and New Year. 
• Bank Holidays are chargeable.
• Charges apply across 51 weeks of the year, including Bank Holidays.

Partou Stepping Stones Day Nursery & Pre-School is proud to offer funded childcare places 

Funded childcare is a government incentive fulfilled by Local Authorities which aims to provide financial support for eligible families accessing childcare at an OFSTED registered setting. Partou Stepping Stones Day Nursery & Pre-School work with Bristol Local Authority to apply childcare funding for eligible families.

Funding typically covers 15 or 30 hours per week for the 38 term weeks of the year across a maximum of 10 hours a day which will be applied in different ways depending how many weeks of the year your child is in childcare: 

• Children who are in year-round childcare will receive “stretched” funding. This means that their 15/30 hours over 38 weeks will be stretched over 51 weeks of the year so children accessing year round childcare at Partou Stepping Stones will receive 11.17/22.35 hours of funded childcare per week. 

• Children who have term-time only childcare places will receive 15/30 hours funding per week over 38 weeks of the year. Term-time only places are limited and are subject to availability.

Government funding for childcare only applies to the care fee (as described above). Meals & snacks and consumables fees are fully chargeable for all sessions including funded.  

Many families are eligible for government funded childcare, see our childcare funding guide for more information.  

Term duration and dates

The 2025/2026 terms dates set by Bristol Local Authority for Partou Stepping Stones Day Nursery & Pre-School are below so you can see which term dates funding is applicable for:

Please note that when you access funding in the term can impact the hours you are eligible for within that term period. 

Our team will be able to assist you with any funding and term questions you may have.