Full-day nursery in Horner House, Sheffield
STEP Childcare
648 Manchester Road, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, S36 1DY · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
648 Manchester Road, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, S36 1DY · More nurseries in S36
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Manchester Road/Hole House Lane, Park Drive Way/Paterson Close and Park Drive Way/Manchester Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Oxley Park9 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground12 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 Sheffield there are about 3.7 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.
What parents say
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STEP Childcare is a full-day nursery at 648 Manchester Road, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, S36 1DY, in Horner House, Sheffield. It is registered for 52 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 14 reviews (October 2026).
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| STEP ChildcareThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Stocksbridge Nursery Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.3 miles
- St Ann's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.4 miles
- Stocksbridge Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected March 2025 0.6 miles
- Royd Nursery and Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.0 miles
- Deepcar St John's Church of England Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 1.1 miles
- Stocksbridge High School Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.4 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is STEP Childcare's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated STEP Childcare Good at its inspection on 16 May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can STEP Childcare take?
STEP Childcare is registered with Ofsted for up to 52 children at any one time.
How do I contact STEP Childcare?
You can call 0114 283 6930 and visit www.step-online.org.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY386602 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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