Full-day nursery in Grantham, Lincolnshire
Stepping Stones
Castlegate Annex, Agnes Street, GRANTHAM, NG31 6QP · 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 August 2009Reference EY397245Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 26 January 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places125 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 9 June 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
Castlegate Annex, Agnes Street, GRANTHAM, NG31 6QP · More nurseries in NG31
Stations
- Grantham12 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Castlegate, Finkin Street and Boots.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Paddock4 min walk
- Wyndham Park6 min walk
- Wyndham Park8 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 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 Lincolnshire there are about 2.9 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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Stepping Stones is a full-day nursery at Castlegate Annex, Agnes Street, GRANTHAM, NG31 6QP, in Grantham, Lincolnshire. It is registered for 125 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.0 from 4 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Lincolnshire Childcare (Boston) Limited.
Run by Lincolnshire Childcare (Boston) Limited (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepping StonesThis 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
- St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.1 miles
- Wyndham Park Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.4 miles
- The Little Gonerby Church of England Primary Academy, Grantham Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.4 miles
- Newton Bridge Academy ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected April 2023 0.4 miles
- Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.4 miles
- St Anne's Church of England Primary School, Grantham Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.5 miles
- Huntingtower Community Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.6 miles
- Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham ages 4–16Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.6 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 Stepping Stones's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Stepping Stones Good at its inspection on 26 January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Stepping Stones take?
Stepping Stones is registered with Ofsted for up to 125 children at any one time.
Who runs Stepping Stones?
Stepping Stones is run by Lincolnshire Childcare (Boston) Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Stepping Stones?
Grantham is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Stepping Stones?
You can call 01476 593643 and visit granthamnurseries.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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY397245 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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