Our Values
We want our children at Stepping Stones to be:
Independent
Safe
Curious
Resilient
Our Ethos:
“Placing children at the heart.”
Our aims:
- To provide a high-quality pre-school experience, where children are at the heart of everything that we do.
- To create a safe, inspiring, and curious environment, where children thrive and learn.
- To build secure and trusting relationships with children and their families, valuing parents as their children’s first and most important educators.
- To celebrate diversity, appreciating and respecting the things that make each child unique.
- To be child-centred and inclusive.
- To appreciate the natural environment, promoting independence, resilience, and self-belief with outdoor learning opportunities within our local environment.
About Stepping Stones Preschool
We are a small setting run by a highly qualified, experienced and passionate team. Although our setting is situated in the primary school grounds, we are an independent pre-school. We are registered with Ofsted and are inspected regularly. At our most recent inspection we were graded Outstanding. The report stated: 'All children at this pre-school significantly benefit from a wonderfully fulfilling early years' education.' Stepping Stones Pre-School is a registered charity, which is managed by a voluntary committee of parents and guardians. The committee must include a chairperson, treasurer, and secretary as well as many other supporting roles. The committee also take an active part in fundraising which we rely on financially for the continued running and upkeep of the pre-school. We hold an A.G.M in October, which everybody is welcome to attend. At this meeting, the new committee for the following year will be selected. Our pre-school cannot open without a committee.
Register your child
If you would like your child to attend our pre-school, your next step will be to fill in a registration form. To request a registration form, please contact the preschool. Once we receive your registration form, your child will be added to our waiting list. You will be contacted the term before your child is due to start with an invitation to visit our setting for our open afternoon. Pre-school will then send you a letter of confirmation, which includes the parental agreement. Your place is secured once you have signed and returned these.
Our admissions policy is to give priority to applications from our catchment area (the village of Leverington) and to those children that will be attending mainstream school the following September. Please be assured our pre-school endeavours to meet everyone’s needs.
Demographics of Stepping Stones Pre-school
Stepping Stones pre-school 2024-2025
Our setting is committed to valuing diversity and promoting equality of opportunity for all. We recognise that each child is unique and aim to meet their individual needs in order for them to achieve their full potential. We promote and encourage positive attitudes and relationships between all our children, families and the wider community.
Our setting is registered for 16 children per session and currently has 19 children on roll, 24 on roll from January 2025. The setting’s intake is predominately White British. We currently have 53% girls and 47% boys attending our setting. 10% of our children are SEND and are on the Early Help Pathway. We have 31% of children accessing EYPP. 5% of children speak English as an additional language.
Treating people equally does not necessarily involve treating them all the same. Our policies, procedures and activities promote equality and we challenge discriminatory behaviour and language. We take into account differences of life experience, background and individual needs and the types of barriers and disadvantages that people may face. We respect the religious beliefs and practices of all staff, children and families, and comply with reasonable requests relating to religious observance and practice.
By publishing this information, we demonstrate our commitment to the specific duty within the Equality Act 2010.