Full-day nursery in Rowner, Hampshire
Steady-Steps Pre-School
Rowner County Infant School, Copse Lane, GOSPORT, PO13 0DH · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since April 2008Reference EY364360Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 14 January 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places52 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 14 January 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Rowner County Infant School, Copse Lane, GOSPORT, PO13 0DH · More nurseries in PO13
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Green Crescent, Rowner Lane and Oakdene.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Hampshire there are about 2.7 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
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Steady-Steps Pre-School is a full-day nursery at Rowner County Infant School, Copse Lane, GOSPORT, PO13 0DH, in Rowner, Hampshire. It is registered for 52 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (October 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Rowner Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 under 0.1 miles
- King's Academy Rowner Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.1 miles
- Grange Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.5 miles
- Grange Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.5 miles
- Bedenham Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.7 miles
- Holbrook Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.7 miles
- Haven Early Years Centre Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected May 2023 0.8 miles
- Peel Common Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.8 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Steady-Steps Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Steady-Steps Pre-School Outstanding at its inspection on 14 January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Steady-Steps Pre-School take?
Steady-Steps Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 52 children at any one time.
How do I contact Steady-Steps Pre-School?
You can call 01329 237338 and visit www.steadysteps.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY364360 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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