First Steps NHS Nursery

Following our last post, we are thrilled to share our newly published Ofsted report from our inspection on 7 August 2025.

First Steps Nursery has been rated OUTSTANDING in all areas – for the third consecutive inspection 👏👏👏.

👉 You can read the full report here: https://share.google/XTegH3jHDuwVkWwEr

A huge thank-you to our incredible staff team, our wonderful children, and our supportive families – this achievement belongs to all of you. 💚💙

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Following our recent Ofsted inspection on Thursday 7th August 2025, we are delighted to share that First Steps NHS Nursery has been graded as ‘Outstanding’ in all four areas of judgement – with no recommendations for improvement.

This is an especially proud moment for us as it marks our third consecutive Outstanding
judgement from Ofsted – a true testament to the consistent care, quality and dedication across our nursery community.

We are incredibly proud that the report reflects this exceptional practice at First Steps NHS Nursery.

Some of the highlights include:

"Staff provide children with an exceptional level of personalised support and care.”

"Children delight in the stimulating experiences provided and eagerly take part in activities.”

"Babies demonstrate warm, trusting bonds with staff who skilfully extend their learning.”

"Children make the best possible progress from their starting points.”

"Staff provide a highly inclusive environment"

"Children with complex medical and learning needs are incredibly well supported by staff."

This achievement is a true reflection of the dedication, skill and passion of our staff team, alongside the support of our families and, of course, the enthusiasm of the children themselves.

We couldn’t be prouder of our nursery community and we thank you sincerely for being such an important part of this journey.

We will share the link to the report once it has been published on the official Ofsted website.

Parents and Carers- please check your inbox where a copy of the official report can be found for your viewing.

Check out our latest jobs :)

8am-6pm x4 days per week (fixed day off each week!)

27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days (plus bank holidays.)

Early Years Educator (Band 3) - Apply now https://vacancies.royaldevon.nhs.uk/jobs/job/Early-Years-Educator/9531

Early Years Educator - Room Leader (Band 4) - Apply now
https://vacancies.royaldevon.nhs.uk/jobs/job/Early-Years-Educator-Room-Leader/9458

If you would like to pop in for a chat or find out more, just give us a call or send us an email - details below ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Last night, staff enjoyed themselves at our 2024 Christmas Works Party 🎄🎄.
Without our fantastic, hardworking team, we would not be able to do the amazing things we do for the children each and every day.
So a huge thank you to each and every one of them, for making First Steps NHS Nursery the fantastic team it is.

Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Room Leader, where you will have the opportunity to play a part in shaping the future of our 'Ofsted Outstanding' early years provision.

First Steps Nursery is a setting that not only provides high-quality care and education to children, but also serves as an important support service to NHS staff.

This allows the NHS workforce, to provide high quality healthcare to patients, knowing their children are being safely cared for by us!

Find out more and apply here:

https://lnkd.in/emMF7ANc

1 x Full time substantive position
1 x Full time fixed term position (maternity cover)

Trust Value: Empowerment✔️

The Trust are committed to future investment at First Steps Nursery, so that we can continue in our journey of offering high quality care and education to the children who attend.

It is important that we empower our staff to contribute to the future development of the setting and have their say.

So we set up an exciting initiative to provide the staff with the opportunity to have their say, by hosting our very own 'Dragons Den' style opportunity, allowing staff to pitch their future vision for what they feel, would be the most beneficial investment of resources to the children.

We had some really fantastic pitches, where the staff worked really hard to research, understand and explain what benefit their ideas would have on the children's future development, together with how this will be measured.

Here is a sneaky peek at what we have been up to - we can't wait to share it all with you in full!