Full-day nursery in Okehampton, Devon
Stepping Stones Day Nursery
Stepping Stones Day Nursery, 83 North Street, Okehampton, EX20 1BD · 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 June 2014Reference EY478044Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 28 April 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places74 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 16 April 2025Food 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, 83 North Street, Okehampton, EX20 1BD · More nurseries in EX20
Stations
- Okehampton18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including School Way, Waitrose and Mill Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Simmons Park9 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground11 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 Devon 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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Stepping Stones Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Stepping Stones Day Nursery, 83 North Street, Okehampton, EX20 1BD, in Okehampton, Devon. It is registered for 74 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.2 from 5 reviews (November 2026).
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| Stepping Stones Day NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2022 0.2 miles
- The Promise School ages 4–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Inadequate; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected June 2025 0.4 miles
- St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.6 miles
- Okehampton College Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.4 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 Outstanding at its inspection on 28 April 2022, 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 74 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Stepping Stones Day Nursery?
Okehampton is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Stepping Stones Day Nursery?
You can call 01837 55111 and visit ssdn.info.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY478044 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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