Full-day nursery in Lingley Green, Warrington
Stepping Stones Day Nursery
Stepping Stones Day Nursery, Lingley Green Avenue, Lingley Mere Business Park, Great Sankey, WA5 3UZ · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since June 2022Reference 2691233Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 15 November 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places120 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 21 August 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
Stepping Stones Day Nursery, Lingley Green Avenue, Lingley Mere Business Park, Great Sankey, WA5 3UZ · More nurseries in WA5
Stations
- Sankey for Penketh24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including United Utilities, North West Fire & Control Centre and Hawswater House.
Parks and playgrounds
- Freshwater Park6 min walk
- Barrow Old Hall6 min walk
- Whittle Hall Park11 min walk
- Airlift Hill12 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground6 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 Warrington there are about 2.3 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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Stepping Stones Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Stepping Stones Day Nursery, Lingley Green Avenue, Lingley Mere Business Park, Great Sankey, WA5 3UZ, in Lingley Green, Warrington. It is registered for 120 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Stepping Stones Nurseries Limited.
Run by Stepping Stones Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 8 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Barrow Hall Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected July 2023 0.4 miles
- Park Road Community Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.7 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 1.0 miles
- Penketh Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 1.2 miles
- Chapelford Village Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 1.2 miles
- Great Sankey Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 1.3 miles
- St Philip (Westbrook) CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 1.4 miles
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.6 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 Stepping Stones Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Stepping Stones Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 15 November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Stepping Stones Day Nursery take?
Stepping Stones Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 120 children at any one time.
Who runs Stepping Stones Day Nursery?
Stepping Stones Day Nursery is run by Stepping Stones Nurseries Limited, which runs 8 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Stepping Stones Day Nursery?
Sankey for Penketh is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Stepping Stones Day Nursery?
You can call 01925 712683 and visit www.steppingstonesgroup.com.
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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 2691233 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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