Newsletters
Stepping Stones provides newsletters once a month to help keep parents informed about topics coming up, or just to share reminders that will make the setting run even more smoothly for the children.
Recent parent newsletters are available to download below:
April 2026 - download by clicking here
March 2026 - download by clicking here
February 2026 - download by clicking here
January 2026 - download by clicking here
December 2025 - download by clicking here
November 2025 - download by clicking here
October 2025 - download by clicking here
September 2025 - download by clicking here
Please let a member of the team know if there is any particular type of information that you would find it most helpful for the newsletters to contain.
Helpful information leaflets
Please take a moment to download and read these information leaflets and guides. We thought it would be easier for parents/carers to access them online at relevant times rather than having yet more paper handed out in the children's bags! As always please speak to a member of the team if you want to discuss anything further. Always open for questions, big or small!
Current leaflets:
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Parent survey
The management and committee conduct an annual parent survey to help ensure that we can offer the best service possible for the Stepping Stones children, fitting in with our commitment to continuous improvement.
Even though OFSTED have rated us Good, we want to be sure that we know in as much detail as possible what all the parents think too!
Thank you to everyone who filled out this survey, it is incredibly helpful to us.
Here are some of the wonderful comments that parents made in March 2026 about our setting:
‘Very friendly and approachable, great communication, warm relationships with children’.
‘I love all the new ideas that are being brought into action at Forest School’
‘I love that you now do the cooking activities’
‘Encouragement to succeed with tasks or activities with kind words and nature’.
‘Stepping Stones is a great setting which really incorporates the children’s interests into their learning’.
‘The home from home feel the setting provided’
‘They are particularly good at preparing the children for ‘Big School’ with focus on fine motor skills, etc’.
‘Updates on Tapestry. We love seeing what they get up to!’
‘All staff [are] caring and kind. [They] have learned how my child works/plays and have adapted to his needs’.
‘The wealth of experience from all the adults is clear’.
‘I couldn’t speak more highly of the setting’.
‘I think you are all great. The best decision I made moving [child], so thank you.’
‘Listening and supporting parents – so approachable and kind’.
‘I am just so impressed by the setting and I am fussy!’
‘You are amazing – thank you so much for all your hard work and how wonderfully you look after [child] and help him progress in all areas’.
‘Nothing is ever too much effort’
‘Grateful for all that you do…You are all brilliant people!’
‘I feel there is a good range of activities and experiences for the children to get involved with. This supports our children’s knowledge and development’